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- Title
Science and Society: Drug addiction: the neurobiology of behaviour gone awry.
- Authors
Volkow, Nora D.; Ting-Kai Li
- Abstract
Drug addiction manifests as a compulsive drive to take a drug despite serious adverse consequences. This aberrant behaviour has traditionally been viewed as bad 'choices' that are made voluntarily by the addict. However, recent studies have shown that repeated drug use leads to long-lasting changes in the brain that undermine voluntary control. This, combined with new knowledge of how environmental, genetic and developmental factors contribute to addiction, should bring about changes in our approach to the prevention and treatment of addiction.
- Publication
Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2004, Vol 5, Issue 12, p963
- ISSN
1471-003X
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1038/nrn1539