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Individual vulnerability to addiction.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Jan 2011
Swendsen Joel, Le Moal Michel
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The process of addiction is often studied in the neurosciences as a function of the quantity or type of substance consumed, with the ultimate goal of counteracting these effects by other pharmacological means. However, epidemiology and clinical research have extensively demonstrated that most individuals who use drugs do not develop dependence. Numerous factors may explain an individual's propensity to addiction....
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