A classic instinct -- salt appetite -- is linked to drug addiction

07/11/11 A team of Duke University Medical Center and Australian scientists has found that addictive drugs may have hijacked the same nerve cells and connections in the brain that serve a powerful, ancient instinct: the appetite for salt.

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Father gains custody of Duke lacrosse accuser's children

07/12/11 A Durham County judge has awarded custody of two children of the woman who falsely accused three Duke University lacrosse players of rape in 2006 to their father.

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Researchers demystify a fountain of youth in the adult brain

07/13/11 ( Duke University Medical Center ) Duke University Medical Center researchers have found that a "fountain of youth" that sustains the production of new neurons in the brains of rodents is also believed to be present in the human brain. The existence of a vital support system of cells around stem cells in the brain explains why stem cells by themselves can't generate neurons in a lab dish, a ...

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