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Epigenetics: new views on understanding and treating addiction
Author(s) -
Greener Mark
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
progress in neurology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1931-227X
pISSN - 1367-7543
DOI - 10.1002/pnp.243
Subject(s) - addiction , epigenetics , psychology , environmental ethics , neuroscience , biology , genetics , philosophy , gene
Recent research in the field of epigenetics is helping us to understand more about the mechanisms involved in drug addiction and why it tends to persist throughout life. This may ultimately lead to the discovery of new treatments. Mark Greener reports.