cocaine regulates prefrontal cortex

Subject: cocaine
Relation: regulates
Object: prefrontal cortex
p-value: —

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Evidence (1 sources)

Neurobiology of the adolescent brain and behavior: implications for substance use disorders. (2010) PMID:21093769 cited

these drugs of abuse can “hijack” the systems associated with drug incentives like the ventral striatum, thus down regulating top down prefrontal control regions.

confidence: 0.90