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Identification Of Distinctive Gene Expression In Brains Of Relapsing Heroin-Addicted Rats

August 7, 2009 by

A group of genes whose expression is significantly altered following exposure to drug paraphernalia after an enforced 'cold-turkey' period have been identified. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience studied gene expression in the brains of heroin-addicted rats, identifying those genes that may be involved in precipitating a relapse.