New research suggests potential target for drugs to combat alcohol addiction | News | Addiction Professional

New research suggests potential target for drugs to combat alcohol addiction | News | Addiction Professional In findings that should finally put to rest a decade of controversy in the field of neurobiology, a team at The Scripps Research Institute has found decisive evidence that a specific neurotransmitter system—the endocannabinoid system—is active in a brain region known to play a key role in the processing of memory, emotional reactions, and addiction formation. See http://www.nature.com/npp/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/npp201070a.html