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That old feeling.

Research conducted by Roberto Ciccocioppo and his team at the Scripps Institute in La Jolla, California, into how cues serve to trigger addictive cravings, particularly when there is no drug to be had, is discussed. Ciccocioppo taught rats to associate cocaine with a distinctive bleep and a colored...

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Published in:Economist Vol. 353; no. 8144; pp. 87 - 88
Format: Article
Published: Economist Newspaper Limited November 6 1999
Subjects:
Cocaine
Rat behavior
Dopamine
Brain function localization
Prompts (Psychology)
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