{"id":6,"date":"2007-03-05T15:54:59","date_gmt":"2007-03-05T23:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drugalcoholrehabnow.com\/blog\/?p=6"},"modified":"2007-03-05T15:54:59","modified_gmt":"2007-03-05T23:54:59","slug":"new-research-study-points-to-brain-addiction-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drugalcoholrehabnow.com\/blog\/index.php\/news\/new-research-study-points-to-brain-addiction-vulnerability\/","title":{"rendered":"New Research Study Points to Brain Addiction Vulnerability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"color: black\">In the United Kingdom, University of Cambridge<\/span><span style=\"color: black\"> researchers have discovered that those who lack the neurotransmitter dopamine, at the top of the brain stem, are predisposed to compulsive behavior including drug addiction. The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.webmd.com\/mental-health\/news\/20070301\/brain-chemical-tied-to-drug-addiction\" title=\"study\">study<\/a> conducted with rats and cocaine made a link between impulsive and compulsive behavior.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/font><span style=\"color: black\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Positron emission tomography (PET) scans were used on the rats and found that the impulsive and compulsive rats had 10-percent fewer dopamine receptors than did the normal rodents. The value of this study in drug addiction treatment is that by knowing this brain neurotransmitter vulnerability, medical researchers can now devise more targeted drugs for addicts. <\/font><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the United Kingdom, University of Cambridge researchers have discovered that those who lack the neurotransmitter dopamine, at the top of the brain stem, are predisposed to compulsive behavior including drug addiction. 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