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Going small to beat the high

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Aggregated form of single-walled carbon nanotubes can inhibit the neurochemical and behavioural effects induced by methamphetamine, offering a potential treatment for drug addiction and abuse.

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Figure 1: Interrupting the dopamine reward pathway.

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  1. Eric C. Peterson and Laura E. Ewing are in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA,

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Peterson, E., Ewing, L. Going small to beat the high. Nature Nanotech 11, 580–581 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2016.45

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