dopamine /newsroom/taxonomy/term/8804/all en Brain area involved in addiction activated earlier than previously thought in recreational cocaine users /newsroom/channels/news/brain-area-involved-addiction-activated-earlier-previously-thought-recreational-cocaine-users-268258 <p>Even among non-dependent cocaine users, cues associated with consumption of the drug lead to dopamine release in an area of the brain thought to promote compulsive use, according to researchers at ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û.</p> <p>The findings, published in <em>Scientific Reports</em>, suggest that people who consider themselves recreational users could be further along the road to addiction than they might have realized.</p> Tue, 23 May 2017 18:19:58 +0000 justin.dupuis@mcgill.ca 30305 at /newsroom