Rats addicted to amphetamines temporarily 'forget' their drug cravings after receiving targeted brain injections of lidocaine, a medication commonly used by dentists to numb patients' gums.
Researchers say that the medication worked by inactivating an area of the brain known as the insular cortex or insula, which has previously been implicated in controlling drug addiction. They hope that altering activity in the insula might one day work to treat drug addiction in people.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Induced Addiction Amnesia
A report in the 26 Oct 2007 issue of Science, summarized here, indicates scientists can induce rats to 'forget' their addiction to amphetamines:
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