Total CE Credit Hours: 1
Course Info URL: https://www.addictioncounselorce.com/courses/101610
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About the Course:
This course is based on three NIDA Notes articles. NIDA Notes is a large collection of brief relevant articles focusing on current drug abuse treatment evidence.
Serotonin System May Have Potential as a Target for Cocaine Medications explains that by targeting receptors of the neurochemical serotonin, investigators hope to advance the development of potential relapse prevention agents.
Behavioral Response to Novelty Foreshadows Neurological Response to Cocaine reveals how young rats’ engagement with novel objects correlates with cocaine-induced dopamine release, shedding light on the mechanisms of drug abuse vulnerability.
Cocaine Craving Activates Brain Reward Structures; Cocaine “High” Dampens Them
reports how a study documented changing emotional and neurobiological responses to cocaine with successive doses during a single session of drug taking.
All three articles are contained in the same PDF.
This course is based on the reading-based online article, Cocaine Research Update: Collection VI (NIDA Notes): Article 1: Serotonin System May Have Potential As a Target for Cocaine Medications; Article 2: Behavioral Response to Novelty Foreshadows Neurological Response to Cocaine; Article 3: Cocaine Craving Activates Brain Reward Structures; Cocaine “High” Dampens Them created by Lori Whitten
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NIDAPublication Date:
April 2007 and February 2007Course Material Author
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Recommended For:
This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially addiction counselors, psychologists, mental health counselors, social workers, and nurses who seek knowledge about how the serotonin system may have potential as a target for cocaine medications, how behavioral response to novelty foreshadows neurological response to cocaine, and how cocaine craving activates brain reward structures while the cocaine "high" dampens them. It is appropriate for introductory to intermediate levels of participants' knowledge.
Course Objectives:
After taking this course, you should be able to:
- Describe how the serotonin system may have potential as a target for cocaine medications.
- Acknowledge how the behavioral response to novelty foreshadows the neurological response to cocaine.
- Explain how cocaine craving activates brain reward structures while the cocaine "high" dampens them.
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