After confirming that cocaine activates a fruit fly’s bitter-sensing taste receptors, Rothenfluh and Philyaw switched off those nerves. Once deactivated, there was little to stop the flies from ...

Researchers have created fruit flies that can become addicted to cocaine. The flies will self-administer cocaine if given the option. Flies and humans react to cocaine in similar ways, and are likely ...

This novel mechanism may point to new treatments for cocaine use disorder, for which there are no current pharmacotherapies.” Reference: Wood DJ, Tsvetkov E, Comte-Walters S, et al. Epigenetic control ...

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They then began studies with the aim of using this mechanism, which we can call a self-defensive mechanism of the organism, to help people with addictions to cocaine and its derivatives, such as ...

The biggest increases have been seen since about 2019. Cocaine and methamphetamine are stimulant drugs, whereas opioids, such as heroin and methadone, are depressants.

They found that response inhibition for cocaine was impaired by blocking a specific type of muscarinic acetylcholine receptor, known as M 2 Rs, with an experimental drug called AFDX-116, and not ...

Researchers have found that blocking certain acetylcholine receptors in the lateral habenula (LHb), an area of the brain that balances reward and aversion, made it harder to resist seeking cocaine ...

Scientists at Johns Hopkins have identified a previously unknown mechanism of cocaine’s activity in the brain, which could open new types of treatment for addiction to the drug. Intriguingly, it ...

According to the Global Drug Survey, cocaine is one of the top ten drugs in terms of usage. Between November 7 and December 30, 2019, 31% of respondents had reported using it in the last 12 months.