Drug addiction: bad habits add up

Trevor W. Robbins () and Barry J. Everitt ()
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Trevor W. Robbins: University of Cambridge
Barry J. Everitt: University of Cambridge

Nature, 1999, vol. 398, issue 6728, 567-570

Abstract: We know how many drugs of abuse – cocaine, heroin and nicotine – work, but less about how they lead to addiction. Studies of the brain-learning systems concerned are addressing the causes of addiction, with the intent of developing better treatments.

Date: 1999
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