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NEURO.tv Episode 7 - The Brain Mechanisms Involved in Drug Addiction.
Jean-Francois Gariépy
Published on Apr 5, 2014
In this episode, our guest Antonello Bonci, scientific director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, discusses how drug abuse a…
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NEURO.tv Episode 7 - The Brain Mechanisms Involved in Drug Addiction.
Jean-Francois Gariépy
Published on Apr 5, 2014
In this episode, our guest Antonello Bonci, scientific director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, discusses how drug abuse affects the brain both short-term and long-term.
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Participants: Jean-François Gariépy (left), Antonello Bonci (center) and Diana L. Xie (right). Joining us on the phone, Marguerite Matthews.
"0:17" Introduction
"1:19" Does drug abuse modify the brain?
"8:04" Synapses: the site of action for drugs.
"10:16" Do drugs kill brain cells?
"16:01" Reward behaviors and the brain.
"24:28" Long-term potentiation, a mechanisms.
"35:32" What are the brain areas affected by drugs?
"40:06" A study looking at cocaine addiction in rats and how modification of activity in the prefrontal can improve behaviors.
"44:17" Optogenetics allow modifciation of activity in some population of neurons in the brain.
"56:00" Electrical and magnetic stimulation of the brain is considered as a potential therapeutic strategy for certain disorders.
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