The action of enhancers can lead to addiction (original) (raw)

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Sahakian and Morein-Zamir revive questions about the widespread availability and diversion of prescription medications for non-clinical use in healthy individuals (Nature 450, 1157–1159; 2007). Such questions drove legislators to impose controls a few decades ago, when amphetamines and barbiturates were widely available.

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  1. *National Institute on Drug Abuse, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 5274, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA,
    Nora D. Volkow
  2. University of California at Irvine, Child Development Center, Irvine, 92612, California, USA
    James M. Swanson

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  1. Nora D. Volkow
  2. James M. Swanson

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All Correspondence this week responds to Barbara Sahakian and Sharon Morein-Zamir's Commentary 'Professor's little helper' (Nature 450, 1157–1159; 2007) and the related discussion at http://network.nature.com/forums/naturenewsandopinion. This week, Nature launches an anonymous online survey to build on the informal questionnaire that the Commentary authors sent academics on the usage of brain-boosting drugs. In aggregate, the survey results will guide future editorial content on this topic. To take part, please visit: http://tinyurl.com/yq7nn3. Contributions to Correspondence may be submitted to correspondence@nature.com. Published contributions are edited. Readers are welcome to contribute to this discussion and many others at http://network.nature.com.

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Volkow, N., Swanson, J. The action of enhancers can lead to addiction.Nature 451, 520 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/451520a

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