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Showing 1 to 20 of 103 for “"drug addiction"”.
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IS BRAIN CHOLESTEROL THE MISSING CULPRIT IN DRUG ADDICTION?
… receptors (GPCRs), which is associated with drug relapse. Although the molecular mechanisms remain unknown, scant evidence suggests a potential role of membrane lipids especially cholesterol in regulation of psychostimulant-mediated GPCR signaling. Plasma membrane is organized into …
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Therapeutic Communities: A Family-Centered Approach to Drug Addiction
… being made to help persons who are abusing drugs. Therapeutic communities are drug-free residential treatment centers for drug addicts. They are committed to a treatment plan based on the belief that drug addiction is a human rather than a chemical dilemma and that the family milieu is the …
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Drug addiction and mothers: does parenting get better with treatment?
… of substance abusing mothers in a comprehensive drug treatment facility in Camden, NJ. Methods: Giving three self-report measures and urine analysis to 14 mothers at intake, 2-months, and 6-months. Participants were reimbursed for their time and travel. Results: Mothers parenting skills and …
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The Role of Lateral Hypothalamic Neuropeptides in Drug Addiction and Feeding Behavior
A major goal of both feeding and drug abuse research is to understand the neural and molecular mechanisms that control intake and how dysfunction of these systems can lead to excessive food ingestion or addiction. Numerous studies have found synergistic effects of drugs of abuse and metabolism on …
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The roles of αCaMKII and Ras-GRF2 in the establishment of drug addiction
Addiction is a chronic, relapsing disorder associated with health and social problems for the individual and great economic costs for society. Despite significant progress in the understanding of drug effects on the nervous system, major processes involved in the development of addiction are still …
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Testing the Reinforcer Pathology Theory: A New Insight into Novel Targets for Drug Addiction
… effort in developing evidence-based treatments, drug addiction remains one of the most problematic and enduring public health crises. Developing a new generation of theoretically-derived interventions constitutes an important clinical and scientific gap that, if addressed, may open innovative …
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Drug Addiction-to-Recovery Trajectories in British Sociocultural and Political Contexts: A Synthetic Discursive Exploration
User of certain illegal drugs are arguably the most stigmatised group in British society. Moreover, people who are known to have a history of drug dependence are rarely given the opportunity to talk about their lives (Tutengs et al., 2015) much less be listened to by those who are willing and able …
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Addiction as Archetype: storytelling in drug addiction and recovery. Bad Glue for Broken Bones: an addiction memoir.
… of storytelling's relationship with the drug addicted individual and their recovery from addiction. It reflects on how social narratives about addiction have shaped the treatment of addicted individuals, and the addicted individual's view of their self and their condition. The thesis …
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Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of sigma receptors (σRS) ligands as potential pharmacotherapy for cancer and drug addiction
… anxiety, Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy and drug abuse. The sigma-1 receptor has been demonstrated to be involved in acute and chronic effects of cocaine and methamphetamine toxicities. However, the role of sigma-2 receptors is less clear due to the lack of availability of detailed protein …
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Installation of Sugarcane Juice Processing Machine with Anti-Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Organization for Income Generation at Mtoni Temeke
… of the organization. Anti-Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Organization (AADAO) is a community based Organization established in 2011 through the support of United States of America International Development Agency supporting the survivors of alcoholism and drug addiction who were the result …
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Conscience in recovery from drug addiction: a theoretical and empirical study of spiritual conscientious transformation for the formulation of conscience therapy
… research advances the studies of recovery from drug addiction examining the role of conscience and its influences through spiritually transformative experiences. The scholarly research in substance addiction and recovery suffers internal tensions and underdevelopment related to the understanding …
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She Ain No Crack Ho', She's Her Baby's Mama: Counternarratives of Drug Addiction, Parent -Child Interactions, and Academic Achievement From African American Mothers
… is to enhance awareness about prenatal drug use, drug addiction, parent-child interactions, and academic achievement from the African American mothers' perspectives. Black feminist thought, critical race feminism, and resilience were used as theoretical frameworks for this study. Five …
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A Dual Investigation of Questions in Drug Addiction: Exploring the Role of Neuroinflammation in Opioid Withdrawal and A Novel Measure of Reward-Seeking Behavior in Rodents
… following animal studies aimed to advance the drug addiction field by 1) investigating neuroimmune interactions as a potential mechanism in opioid withdrawal in mice as well as 2) introducing a novel behavioral test in order to expand the repertoire of tools available to researchers …
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Recovering from Substance Abuse in Arkansas: The Accessibility and Affordability of Drug Treatment Programs
… is going to examine how people recover from drug addiction and see if there are any similarities due to their socioeconomic statuses at the time of recovery. This research addresses the following questions: How accessible and affordable are drug addiction recovery programs and rehabilitation …
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Addicted to the Addict: Hollywood's Sinuous Relationship With the Drug-Addict in the 1970s
This study explores how the representation of the drug-addict in Hollywood cinema has changed due to governmental and studio policy change, social shifts of opinion, and economic structure. This discussion and exploration primarily focuses upon narrative Hollywood film as this industry has a long …
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Studies in GPCR and Chromosomal Control
… of serotonin receptors and signaling to address drug addiction, while the second chapter is focused on a novel synthetic approach towards a small molecule inhibitor of Ewing’s sarcoma. Drug addiction is a complex neurological illness that continue to plague society. While many neural networks are …
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Morfiinin vaikutukset ehdollistetussa paikkahakuisuuskokeessa AMPA-tyypin glutamaattireseptorin GluA1-alayksikön poistogeenisillä hiirillä
… role in the development and maintenance of drug addiction. Glutamate interacts with other neurotransmitters such as dopamine in the actions concerning addiction. During the development of drug addiction, plastic changes in the neuronal connections related to memory and learning occur for …
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The Crack Room: A Study of Therapeutic Techniques and the Response to Drug-Related Cues
Drug addiction is a disorder frequently associated with chronic relapse. An individual's return to use is a fairly prevalent topic in the literature, but receiving less examination is the significance of drug-related stimuli as they apply to drug-seeking behaviors. It cannot be ignored that …
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