Cocaine addiction: psychology and neurophysiology.

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Summary

Clinical and preclinical investigations demonstrate that cocaine produces unique abuse and withdrawal patterns that differ from those of other major abused drugs and suggest that long-term cocaine abuse produces neurophysiological alterations in specific systems in the central nervous system that regulate the capacity to experience pleasure.

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review
Published
1991-03-29
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Keywords

Addiction, Cocaine abuse, Pleasure, Drugs of abuse, Neurophysiology

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