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Strange Protein in Brains of Drug Users
September 7, 2007

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Research Summary

Cocaine and amphetamine users appear to develop an abnormal protein in their brains that could play a role in addiction, UPI reported Sept. 6.

Researchers at the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in North Chicago, Ill., found that use of these drugs alters a protein that controls how RNA is copied -- an anomaly that could cause structural changes in tissues, diseases, and behavior changes.

The study appears in the online journal PLoS One.

 Reference:
Marinescu V, Loomis PA, Ehmann S, Beales M, Potashkin JA (2007) Regulation of Retention of FosB Intron 4 by PTB. PLoS ONE, 2(9): e828; doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000828.
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