Drug craving
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- Researchers in NIDA's Division of Intramural Research (DIR) have recentlypublished brain imaging findings that show that cue-induced drug cravingis linked to distinct brain systems that are involved in memory.
- Leshner, Director of NIDA, described this research as extremely important, saying that, "Drug craving is a central aspect of addiction and poses a serious obstacle to treatment success for many individuals.
- Animal studies have shown that drug craving is associated with an increase in activation in the nucleus accumbens (Di Chiara, 1999).
- The concept of drug craving is believed to play a crucial role in the dynamics of relapse, although it has proven to be an elusive and difficult construct to measure.
- And, drug craving is associated more with the right side of the brain than the left.
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