NEUROTRANSMITTERS AND RECEPTORS AS THE TARGETS FOR ADDICTION TREATMENT: A SHORT REVIEW

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B. SRINIVASA REDDY, M. SATHISH KUMAR, N. V. RAMA RAO, A. NARENDRA BABU, N.RAMA RAO, J. MANJUNATHAN
INTRODUCTION
According to International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) Addiction is defined as the dependence syndrome as being a cluster of physiological, behavioral, and cognitive phenomena in which the use of a substance or a class of substances takes on a much higher priority for a given individual than other behaviors that once had greater value.

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