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EVIL.jpg The Evil Monkey has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from a southeastern U.S. university. After a postdoctoral nightmare of Inquisitorial proportions, he is currently working in a laboratory and an adjunct assistant professor at a nearby state university.


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Opponent-Process Theory: Welcome to the dark side

Category: Addiction

Sci continues her discussion of opponent-process theory in this second installment, with many thanks to Koob and his co-author, Le Moal.

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Things I like to Blog About: Addiction and the Opponent Process Theory

Category: Addiction

So what is the opponent-process theory? The opponent-process theory (hereafter called the OP Theory) is one of the current theories we are using to understand addiction. Because, to be honest, we don't really understand it.

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The Tussin, The Tussin

Category: Addiction

Notorious was having a little conversation with some friends, and someone asked a strange question: why would one want to abuse over-the-counter (OTC) medications such as Robitussin? OTC cold medication abuse is pretty common and the subject of considerable comment...

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"Look at me on the lily?! Is that not, is that not so weird?"

Category: Addiction

Awesome blog friend JLK just sent me this link. I can't be more amused. The life of a bee on cocaine. Does it get any better? google_ad_client = "pub-0796843367768563"; /* 468x60, neurotopia */ google_ad_slot = "0450471034"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height...

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Giving drugs to humans, the whys and wherefores

Category: Addiction

We do lots of animal studies with addictive drugs, why do we need to be giving it to humans?

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Is Modafinil the Next Cocaine? Probably Not

Category: Addiction

A couple of contradictory self-administration studies and some studies on dopamine effects in the brain, in this case, just isn't enough to prove the drug "addictive". And is modafinil the next cocaine? Probably not.

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The End of An Addiction: could baclofen be the cure we're looking for?

Category: Addiction

About a week ago, a prof in my MRU loaned me a book he'd just read, saying it would be right up my alley. He was very right. I couldn't put it down. It's already changed a great deal about...

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The mouse that couldn't get high

Category: Addiction

In the second out of three possible papers for journal club, I got this paper courtesy of Physioprof. And I'm very glad he sent it to me. I get tons of Tables of Contents in my inbox every day, but...

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The Neuroscience Abounds!

Category: Addiction

I'll admit, life's been crazy around here. Barely enough time to check the blogs what with prepping for ScienceOnline '09 (Everyone come to my Blogging on the History of Science panel!), prepping everything in the lab so the lab continues...

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Korsakoff's Psychic Disorder in Conjunction with Peripheral Neuritis

Category: Addiction

Does the name Korsakoff ring any bells for you? How about Wernicke? And what about Wernicke-Korsakoff? Ok, it may not mean much to you right now (except as a hyphenated name guaranteed to give some poor kid fits when they...

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