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Prolonged exposure to cocaine can cause permanent changes in how genes are turned on and off in the brain, a finding that could develop more effective treatments for many types of addictions.

A mouse study conducted by the team of Ian Maze, of Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, found that chronic cocaine addiction prevented a specific enzyme to carry out its work of elimination of some genes in the brain’s pleasure circuits.

This effect was eager than rodents more drugs.

The research helps explain how cocaine use changes the brain, said Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health, which funded the study published in the journal Science.

“This discovery is enabling a new understanding of how the repeated use of drugs in the long term modifies the function of neurons,” Volkow said in a telephone interview. Read the rest of this entry »

Alcohol is a substance whose use requires extreme care because of moderate wine consumption may lie with great benefits and even complement the benefits of exercise, but some others can be really harmful and alter the practice of sports.

Alcohol consumption is prohibited in all sports, but in some where precision is required to operate vehicles or tools such as archery, auto racing, karate and others.

While the rest of the sports alcohol intake is not regulated, it can greatly influence the performance, strength and coordination. Read the rest of this entry »