Thursday, November 18, 2004

Cocaine Addiction Linked to Differences in Brain Structure

Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: Cocaine Addiction Linked to Differences in Brain Structure: "A new imaging study reveals that the brains of cocaine addicts are altered compared to those of nondrug users. Specifically, the volume of the amygdala, a brain region associated with the ability to judge consequences, is significantly smaller in heavy drug users."

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