Organization: National Institute on Drug Abuse
Organization: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Organization: Smoking and Nicotine Addiction (Medline Plus)
TV Show Website: Moyers on Addiction (Close to Home, PBS)
News Article: Researchers Document Brain Damage, Reduction in Motor and Cognitive Function from Methamphetamine Abuse (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
Research Article: Memory and Addiction: Shared Neural Circuitry and Molecular Mechanisms (Neuron) direct PDF link
News Article: Brain on Drugs: The Science of Drug Receptors (The WhyFiles)
Research Article: Genes and Addiction (Nature)
Research Article: Learning About Addiction From the Genome (Nature)
News Article: Molecule may be key to nicotine addiction (MSNBC)
News Article: Researchers Identify Alcoholism Gene (WebMD)
News Article: Study links genetic trait to addiction (St. Petersburg Times)
Research Article: Genetic Contributions to Addiction (Annual Review of Psychology) requires subscription
News Article: Scientists Identify Gene Involved in Sensitivity to Cocaine (NIDA Media Advisory)
News Article: Heroin addiction gene identified and blocked (New Scientist)
News Article: Study Shows How Genes Can Help Protect From Addiction (NIDA Notes)
News Article: Scientists Find Gene Influencing Drug Withdrawal (EurekAlert)
Online Textbook: The Brain from Top to Bottom (McGill University)
Organization: Center for Translational Neuroimaging at Brookhaven National Laboratory information about brain scanning technologies and research
Education Website: Neuroscience for Kids (University of Washington)
Education Website: Brains Rule! (University of Nebraska)
Online Textbook: Unit 10 - Neurobiology: Neurotransmitters, Psychoactive Drugs, and the Reward Pathway (Annenberg/ CPB)
Research Article: Cellular and synaptic mechanisms of nicotine addiction (Journal of Neurobiology)
Research Article: The Role of Serotonin in Alcohol's Effects on the Brain (Current Separations) direct PDF link
Research Articles: MDMA: A Review of the English-Language Scientific and Medical Literature (MAPS)
Research Article: Role of Endogenous Cannabinoids in Synaptic Signaling (Physiological Reviews)
Image Bank: Drugs of Abuse (CNSforum)
TV Show Website: Inside the Teenage Brain (Frontline, PBS)
News Article: Marijuana Abuse: Age of Initiation, Pleasure of Response Foreshadow Young Adult Outcomes (NIDA Notes)
Research Article: Developmental Neurocircuitry of Motivation in Adolescence: A Critical Period of Addiction Vulnerability (American Journal of Psychiatry)
Research Article: Social dominance in monkeys: dopamine D2 receptors and cocaine self-administration (Nature Neuroscience)
Education Website: Substance Abuse Risk and Protective Factors (Massachusetts Department of Health)
Organization: National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers
Organization: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
Organization: National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign at the Office of National Drug Control Policy
Organization: World Health Organization, Management of Substance Abuse
Research Article: A Range of Research-Based Pharmacotherapies for Addiction (Science) requires subscription
News Story: Hallucinogen May Cure Drug Addiction (KRON 4 News)
News Story: Respectable Reefer (Mother Jones)
Research Article: Tests of causal linkages between cannabis use and psychotic symptoms (Addiction)
News Article: Ritalin on the Brain (Current Science and Technology Center, Museum of Science, Boston)
News Article: Mental Illness and Addiction Genes: Answers Remain Elusive (NeuroEd, Dana Foundation) direct PDF link
