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Similar Brain Response~Parkinson’s & Addiction

  • Posted on May 2, 2009 at 6:15 pm

 

 

SIMILAR BRAIN RESPONSE

PARKINSON’S AND ADDICTION

 

By Rick Nauert, Ph.D.

Senior News Editor

Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on May 1, 2009

 

Similar Brain Response for Parkinson's and Addiction

Scientists have identified a protein that appears not only to be central to the process that causes Parkinson’s disease but could also play a role in muting the high from methamphetamine and other addictive drugs.

The action of the protein, known as organic cation transporter 3 or oct3, fills a longstanding gap in scientists’ understanding of the brain damage that causes symptoms like tremor, stiffness, slowness of movement and postural instability.

While these are found mainly in patients with Parkinson’s disease, there are more than three dozen other known causes of this array of symptoms, known as “parkinsonism.”

Read more at
PsychCentral.com

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