Drug use memories and relapse: Can medication provide addiction help?

Monday, October 26th, 2009

About a year ago, while sitting in a lecture on learning and memory, the idea that certain drugs can affect the emotional responses to memory long after the memory itself has been formed came up. As someone interested in addiction research, the implication for treatment immediately came up in my ...

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Beta blockers, addiction, and craving help: The new holy grail?

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

Okay, maybe I'm getting a little ahead of myself here, but I'm pretty excited about one study in particular that I heard about while in DC. I've already written about a study by the renowned addiction researcher Barry Everitt showing that medications could be used in treatment to help addicts who ...

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