New Evidence On Addiction To Medicines: Diazepam Has Effect On Nerve Cells In The Brain Reward System
Friday, August 29, 2008 - 09:28
in Health & Medicine
Addictions to medicines and drugs are thought to develop over a relatively long period of time. The process involves both structural and functional changes in brain nerve cells that are still poorly understood. However, a single drug or alcohol dose is sufficient to generate an initial stage of addiction.
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