Tag: heroin abuse

Human Cocaine and Heroin Addiction Is Found Tied to Impairments in Specific Brain Circuit Initially Implicated in Animals

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Study results suggest the pre-frontal cortex-habenula circuit is potentially amenable for targeted interventions and prevention.

UCLA researchers use artificial intelligence tools to speed critical information on drug overdose deaths

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Fast data processing of overdose deaths, which have increased in recent years, is crucial to developing a rapid public health response. But the system now in place lacks precision and takes months. To correct that, UCLA researchers have developed an automated process that reduces data collection to a few weeks.