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posted by mrpg on Saturday July 21 2018, @03:43AM   Printer-friendly
from the be-nice-to-kids dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Childhood adversity permanently alters the peripheral and central immune systems, increasing the sensitivity of the body's immune response to cocaine, reports a study by researchers at the IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation and University of Rome "La Sapienza," Italy.

The study, published in Biological Psychiatry, showed that exposure to psychosocial stress early in life altered the structure of immune cells and inflammatory signals in mice and led to increased drug-seeking behavior. Exposure to early psychosocial stress in mice, or a difficult childhood in humans, increased the immune response to cocaine in adulthood, revealing a shared mechanism in the role of immune response in the effects of early life stress on cocaine sensitivity in mice and humans.

The findings help explain why as many as 50 percent of people who experience childhood maltreatment develop addiction problems. The results in mice and humans suggest that exposure to adversity during childhood triggers activation of the immune system, leading to permanent changes that sensitize the immune system and increase susceptibility to the effects of cocaine in adulthood.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by jelizondo on Saturday July 21 2018, @04:36AM (3 children)

    by jelizondo (653) Subscriber Badge on Saturday July 21 2018, @04:36AM (#710259) Journal

    Hold your horses son! You draw that gun too fast and start shooting before you know friend from foe!

    I'm the proud father of three children and grandfather of one. For my children, I paid their education, vacations in foreign lands, study abroad and many other things, but I am an addict. To nicotine, to books, to beer, to many other things. I am an addict but no parasite!

    You strike as an older guy, why haven't you learned to look before shooting?

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by Runaway1956 on Saturday July 21 2018, @04:46AM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday July 21 2018, @04:46AM (#710267) Journal

    Whoa, now. Does not the TFS and TFA imply that addicts are parasites?

    I have my own small handful of addictions, and neither am I a parasite. I've paid my way through life, just as you apparently have.

    • (Score: 1) by jelizondo on Saturday July 21 2018, @05:54PM (1 child)

      by jelizondo (653) Subscriber Badge on Saturday July 21 2018, @05:54PM (#710510) Journal

      Sorry runaway, my sarcasm detector completely failed :-(

      I apologize