Study overturns decade-old findings in neurobiology: Research suggests potential target for drugs to combat alcohol addiction

Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 22:31 in Psychology & Sociology

In findings that should finally put to rest a decade of controversy in the field of neurobiology, researchers have found decisive evidence that a specific neurotransmitter system -- the endocannabinoid system -- is active in a brain region known to play a key role in the processing of memory, emotional reactions and addiction formation.

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