Childhood trauma and resilience : vulnerabilities to develop crack/cocaine dependence [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Crack cocaine dependence is a health problem of epidemic proportions and there is lack of evidence concerning vulnerability factors that could lead to crack cocaine use. The aim of this study is to investigate characteristics of resilience in
Laitano, Helen Vargas +9 more
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Gender differences in progression to crack-cocaine use and the role of sexual and physical violence. [PDF]
Braz J Psychiatry, 2022 Rebelatto FP +8 more
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Nursing &Health Sciences, Volume 28, Issue 3, September 2026.ABSTRACT The literature suggests that religiosity is a protective factor for substance use. However, individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) may actively cultivate their religiosity during substance use. This qualitative study analyzed the perceptions and meanings homeless people attribute to their substance use trajectories and religiosity, as ...
Camila Chagas +4 more
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Combined amphetamine and cocaine abuse caused mesencephalic ischemia in a 16-year-old boy - Due to vasospasm? [PDF]
, 2000 Strupp, M. +2 more
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The Effects of Cocaine and Heroin Prices on Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits [PDF]
This paper estimates the empirical relationship between the prices of cocaine and heroin and objective indicators of use. The set of outcomes is drug related hospital emergency department admissions where cocaine and heroin are cited, for 21 large U.S ...
Dhaval Dave
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The FASEB Journal, Volume 40, Issue 15, 15 August 2026.CtBP2, a transcriptional corepressor with metabolite sensing capabilities, maintains feeding homeostasis by preventing excessive food intake in the hypothalamic feeding center. CtBP2 limits food intake by inhibiting KLF4 within AgRP neurons and by promoting the inhibitory influence of POMC neurons on AgRP neurons.
Wanpei Chen +15 more
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Chronic cocaine enhances release of neuroprotective amino acid taurine: a microdialysis study [PDF]
, 2008 Cocaine inhibits high-affinity neurotransmitter uptake at the presynaptic nerve terminals to increase synaptic levels of dopamine, norepinephrine and serotonin^1^. This increase of synaptic dopamine may cause neurotoxicity^2,3^.
Theodore Lidsky +5 more
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Crack cocaine in the Dublin region: an evidence base for a crack cocaine strategy. HRB Research Series 6. [PDF]
, 2008 Crack cocaine is produced from powder cocaine using readily available chemical agents such as ammonia or baking soda. Smoking crack is a highly efficient way of getting cocaine into the brain, making its use compulsive and difficult to control in some ...
Long, Jean +4 more
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Opium, phencyclidine, and crack cocaine smoking associations with lung and upper aerodigestive tract cancers: exploratory findings from a case-control study in Los Angeles County. [PDF]
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse, 2023 Zhang M +6 more
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Risk Factors in the Relationship Between Gender and Crack/Cocaine
, 2007 Female inner-city substance users evidence greater crack/cocaine use and are more likely to be dependent on this drug than on any other drug. Additionally, female inner-city substance users evidence greater crack/cocaine use and are more likely to be ...
Bornovalova, Marina +4 more
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