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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
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Does Cues mean signals? Or stimulants?
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Addiction to all four major classes of abused drugs -- psychostimulants, opiates, ethanol and nicotine -- has been linked to increased dopamine transmission in the same parts of the brain associated with normal reward processing. Cues that predict both normal reward and effects of cocaine or alcohol also make dopamine nerve cells fire as do the experiences they recall. That had led to idea that drug addiction must take over normal reward-memory nerve pathways.
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130825171530.htm
Addiction to all four major classes of abused drugs -- psychostimulants, opiates, ethanol and nicotine -- has been linked to increased dopamine transmission in the same parts of the brain associated with normal reward processing. Cues that predict both normal reward and effects of cocaine or alcohol also make dopamine nerve cells fire as do the experiences they recall. That had led to idea that drug addiction must take over normal reward-memory nerve pathways.
More:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130825171530.htm
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Thanks.
The following cue seems to mean "clue"?
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To investigate the molecular and epigenetic changes in the VTA, researchers took their cue from 19th century Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov, who was the first to study the phenomenon of conditioning. By ringing a bell each day before giving his dogs food, Pavlov soon found that the dogs would salivate at the so
The following cue seems to mean "clue"?
Context:
To investigate the molecular and epigenetic changes in the VTA, researchers took their cue from 19th century Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov, who was the first to study the phenomenon of conditioning. By ringing a bell each day before giving his dogs food, Pavlov soon found that the dogs would salivate at the so
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NL888The following cue seems to mean "clue"?No, it is not misspelled. Cue and clue are used in different contexts. A detective tries to look for clues to solve a crime. Clues are left unintentionally by a criminal, like fingerprints.
Researchers took cues (guiding suggestions) from Pavlov's experiments.
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