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Fascinating. Would something like this connection be cocaine specific?
by aidos 11y ago
Fascinating. Would something like this connection be cocaine specific?
- danieltillett 11y agoI kind of doubt it. It would be very interesting to see if N-actly-cystine would help control in other addictive behaviour. Of course there is the slight issue that this is just in rats, but the fact that NAC is an over the counter supplement makes it easy to test.
- randomname2 11y agoNAC has been shown to help with compulsive hair-pulling (trichotillomania)
- peteretep 11y agoTobacco and heroin too, apparently: http://www.nature.com/npp/journal/v37/n1/full/npp2011164a.html http://www.nature.com/npp/journal/v37/n1/full/npp2011164a.ht...
- alderz 11y agoProbably not. Quoting from the article: N-acetylcysteine also increased the activity in the brain of a particular gene associated with plasticity – the ability of the brain to adapt and learn new skills.
- tyingq 11y agoIbogaine, and it's effect on GDNF (a brain protein), is reported to have a similar effect[1] on both alcohol and heroin addictions. [1] at least to a layperson like me.