Addiction: a loss of plasticity of the brain?
Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 13:32
in Psychology & Sociology
Why is it that only some drug users become addicts? This is the question that has been addressed by the teams of Pier Vincenzo Piazza and Olivier Manzoni, in Bordeaux (Inserm unit 862). These researchers have just discovered that the transition to addiction could result from a persistent impairment of synaptic plasticity in a key structure of the brain. This research is published in the journal Science on June 25, 2010.