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Genetic and genomic approaches to reward and addiction.
Neuropharmacology - 1 Jan 2004
Mohn Amy R, Yao Wei-Dong, Caron Marc G
Abstract excerpt
Drug addiction is recognized as a mental disease affecting the brain's natural reward system. Drugs of abuse strongly activate reward structures in the brain and induce lasting changes in behavior that reflect changes in neuron physiology and biochemistry. With the ultimate goal of developing therapeutic interventions, it is of interest to determine the molecular and cellular components of motivation and reward,...
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