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Headline:

Cocaine addiction: Studies prompt new thinking

Newspaper Article Synopsis:

New research in mice suggest that dopamine is not involved in creating the euphoria that people feel when using cocaine. Instead two new studies suggest that serotonin plays a key role.

Newspaper Article Source:

News Services. Cocaine addiction: Studies prompt new thinking. Star Tribune, 1998 May 14: A10(col. 3).

Journal Article Citation:

Rocha B.A., et al. Increased vulnerability to cocaine in mice lacking the serotonin-1B receptor. Nature 1998 May 14; 393(6681): 175-178.

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