Study Involving Heroin-Addicted Rats Expose Relapse Gene

Through studying heroin-addicted rats, researchers have identified genes that may be involved in drug relapse. Science Daily reports that Kara Kuntz-Melcavage, from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, and a team of researchers found a group of genes in the rats whose expression is significantly altered following being exposed to drug paraphernalia after an enforced

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Recovery is Harder For Addicts Who Start Young

A NIDA-funded study has demonstrated that the relapse rate for heroin addicts increases with time and that the probability of long-run abstinence depends on the age of first drug use. Those who start daily heroin use at a younger age are more likely to relapse than those who start later. The study, conducted by Dr.

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