cocaine

In a study that challenges current ideas about the insect brain, researchers have found that honey bees on cocaine tend to exaggerate.

New drug research suggests that teens may get addicted and relapse more easily than adults because developing brains are more powerfully motivated by drug-related cues.

This conclusion has been reached by researchers who found that adolescent rats given cocaine -- a powerfully addicting stimulant -- were more likely than adults to prefer the place where they got it.

Are the estimated 1 million young adults who were exposed to cocaine before birth more vulnerable to drug abuse today?

New research indicating long-lasting brain changes suggests the possibility -- especially in males -- according to a new report.

Having a lower social standing increases the likelihood that a monkey faced with a stressful situation will choose cocaine over food, according to a new study.

More dominant monkeys undergoing the same stressful situation had fewer changes in brain activity in areas of the brain involved in stress and anxiety and were less likely to choose cocaine.