Investigating Separate and Joint Effects of Alcohol and Tobacco on the Nucleus Accumbens

1 in 7 UK soldiers use alcohol to blot out Iraq and Afghan war horrors
An authoritative study has concluded that as many as 23,000 members of the Armed Forces – around one in seven – are drinking ‘ hazardous and harmful’ levels of alcohol.

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Mary Gauthier releases new CD and performs at ear-X-Tacy May 18 [Music]
Folk singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier has had her share of troubles. A runaway at fifteen, her early life included drug and alcohol abuse, time spent in jail and halfway houses, and — as things slowly started looking up — stints as a philosophy major at Louisiana State University, then culinary school, and eventually a successful restaurateur — all before she started writing songs and …

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Investigating separate and joint effects of alcohol and tobacco on the nucleus accumbens
The brain’s nucleus accumbens (NAC) is a core region of the mesocorticolimbic dopaminergic system. The mesocorticolimbic dopaminergic system plays an important role in addiction. New findings show distinct gene expression patterns for alcoholics, smokers and smoking alcoholics in the NAC.

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