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Nature Neuroscience 10, 935–936 (1 August 2007) | doi:10.1038/nn0807-935

A role for BDNF in cocaine reward and relapse

Geoffrey Schoenbaum , Thomas A Stalnaker & Yavin Shaham

Addiction is a life-long struggle. Even after many months of abstinence from drugs, addicts can relapse into drug use when acutely exposed to the drug itself, drug-associated cues or stress.