Will man drug addict - it depends on the shape of the brain

Why do some people become the victim of physical dependence on cocaine and other drugs, and someone can this be avoided? Scientists have found that the whole matter in the form of the brain.

Host years of cocaine and producing at the same characteristic drug dependence   People should thank your brain is believed to researchers from the University of Cambridge. They found that those with no drug dependence has an abnormally large frontal lobe - the part of the brain that is responsible for self-control.

Scientists are attracted to his studies a group of people who regularly consume cocaine. All of them were asked to go through brain scans and tests through a special personality. The vast majority of participants in the experiment suffered from moderate to severe drug dependence. But among them were some people who could without any harm to his health for a long time to manage without drugs.

That they have something and found a large frontal lobe. As scientists believe, this anomaly has led to an increase in the volume of gray matter, which directly affects the production of resilience to the effects of cocaine. People with a strong dependence of the frontal lobe was significantly less. However, we can not exclude that it is a consequence of a reduction of more frequent drug use.

" Drug addiction   never occurs instantly, it requires multiple drug use, that it has become a habit - says study author Dr. Karen Hersh. - Personality tests have shown that people with a strong dependence of the observed two character traits - impulsiveness and compulsiveness. When they are combined, it becomes especially dangerous. People do things without thinking about the consequences, and this behavior becomes a habit. "(Read More)

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