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Chronic cocaine use may speed up ageing of brain

New research by Dr Karen Ersche in the Department suggests that chronic cocaine abuse accelerates the process of brain ageing. The study, published this month in Molecular Psychiatry, found that age-related loss of grey matter in the brain is greater in people who are dependent on cocaine than in the healthy population. For the study, Dr Ersche scanned the brains of 120 people with similar age, gender and verbal IQ. Half of the individuals had a dependence on cocaine while the other 60 had no … [Read More...]

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Wiring the brain

Researchers in the Department have developed a simple mathematical model of the brain which provides a remarkably complete statistical account of the complex web of connections between various brain regions.  Their findings have been published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National … [Read More...]

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