Features based on peer-reviewed papers published in Addiction Neuroscience.
Dr. Alexandra Rogers and Professor Frances Leslie argue that addiction research should also study why most drug users never become addicted, treating resilience as an active brain process.
Professor Panayotis Thanos's team found that adolescent rats given Ritalin together with the antidepressant fluoxetine later self-administered more cocaine than rats that had only water.
Professor Heinz Steiner's team found that adding the antidepressant fluoxetine to methylphenidate amplified the stimulant's effects in rats, and some of those rats later took more cocaine.
