~~~~~~ CD ALERT ~ Week of January 24th, 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Human brain imaging and substance abuse.

Neuroimaging studies have revealed an acute increase in dopamine release after
drug abuse, often followed by hypofunction after chronic use, and cue
exposure-induced activation of the frontal cortex.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15661624
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PTSD and Addiction
by Jerry A. Boriskin

A guide for clinicians faces these intertwined conditions.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1592851525/top100
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T H I S W E E K 'S
T O P A R T I C L E S______________________________________

Human brain imaging and substance abuse.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15661624

Long-term effects of exposure to cannabis.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15661628

Stimulants
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15661631

Synaptic plasticity and drug addiction.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15661621

Drug selling among high school students
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15661603

Ecstasy
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15661630

Adolescent help-seeking for dating violence
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15661593

Gene expression induced by drugs of abuse.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15661622

Ethanol and brain damage.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15661629

The Social Construction of Violence
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15661674

The Roots of Evil
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15661670

Novel pharmacotherapeutic approaches for the treatment of drug addiction and
craving.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15661634

Chronic effects of social drinking in a card-sorting task
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15661115

Genetic disposition to addictive disorders - current knowledge and future
perspectives.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15661619
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