Drugs to Treat Cocaine Abuse? Effectiveness May Depend on How One Uses Cocaine

Published August 13, 2010

Drugs to treat cocaine abuse? Effectiveness may depend on how one uses cocaine
A new study explores pharmacological strategies for reducing cocaine self-administration in animals that may have implications for treating cocaine dependence in humans.
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Drugs To Treat Cocaine Abuse?
The authors of a new study in Biological Psychiatry explore pharmacological strategies for reducing cocaine self-administration in animals that may have implications for treating cocaine dependence in humans. Glutamate is the primary excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain, which has been implicated in drug addiction. Metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) represent a family of G-protein …
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