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A new path to recovery: Scientists uncover key brain circuit in the fight against cocaine use disorder

by University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Activating NTS➔VTA projections attenuates cocaine seeking. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adr5051 Imagine a future where the grip of cocaine use disorder can be loosened, where cravings fade, and the risk of relapse diminishes. A new study published in Science Advances, led by Penn Nursing’s Heath Schmidt, Ph.D., brings this vision closer to reality....

Research shows continued cocaine use disrupts communication between major brain networks
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Research shows continued cocaine use disrupts communication between major brain networks

by University of North Carolina Health Care Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA collaborative research endeavor by scientists in the Departments of Radiology, Neurology, and Psychology and Neuroscience at the UNC School of Medicine have demonstrated the deleterious effects of chronic cocaine use on the functional networks in the brain. Their study titled “Network Connectivity Changes Following Long-Term...