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Researchers focus on a brain protein and an antibiotic to block cocaine craving

June 3, 2013 by

A new study by neuroscientists demonstrates that GLT1, a protein that clears glutamate from the brain, plays a critical role in the craving for cocaine that develops after only several days of cocaine use.

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