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The results suggest that cocaine, a popular drug used by an estimated 25 million people around the world, may rewire the genomes inside cells of the brain’s reward system, called dopaminergic neurons. https://www.404media.co/mice-cocaine-research-addiction-fens-forum/

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Scientists Gave Mice Cocaine. This Is What It Did to Their Brains

Researchers found that a single dose left persistent changes to the genomes of neurons, a discovery that could have implications for treating addiction.

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