How Nicotine Switches the Brain onto Cocaine
- Author
- The Naked Scientists
- Published
- Mon 05 Dec 2011
- Episode Link
- https://www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/short/how-nicotine-switches-brain-cocaine
How does nicotine open a gateway to cocaine addiction? A new study indicates that nicotine primes the brain for cocaine - by altering the structure of a gene linked to learning, memory and addiction. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
