How do we determine which drug-induced neuroplastic changes are important?
- 1 November 2005
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Neuroscience
- Vol. 8 (11) , 1440-1441
Abstract
Although many drug-induced neural changes are known, progress has been slow in identifying the ones that actually mediate addiction. Identifying changes that are specific to particular elements of the transition from initial to habitual to relapsing drug use may be a fruitful strategy for pinpointing which forms of drug-induced plasticity are critical for addiction.Keywords
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