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The immediate way that the drug affects the brain is that it stimulates high levels of dopamine, a brain chemical that is associated with pleasure. Over the long-term, ongoing use of cocaine can cause changes to genetics in brain cells, proteins, and nerve cells, and it may even lead to changes that persist and make addiction very difficult to manage. Professional treatment is essential to overcome the impact cocaine has made on the brain.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Cocaine is a highly-addictive stimulant drug. It increases activity in the central nervous system, which results in more energy, wakefulness, and increased heart rate and breathing.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>And, of course, it also produces an intense feeling of pleasure or euphoria. This all originates with what cocaine does in the brain. There are immediate actions that produce immediate effects, but cocaine also has a lasting impact on the brain that leads to addiction and other health problems.<\/p><\/section><section><div class=\"quick-links custom-sidebar-background\">\u00a0<\/div><\/section><\/section><\/section><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb99777 e-con-full animated-slow e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cb99777\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-862fa3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"862fa3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Immediate Action in the Brain<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07eb716 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"07eb716\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When someone snorts or injects cocaine, or smokes the crystallized form of the drug known as crack cocaine, the drug goes quickly to the brain. There\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2851032\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">it stimulates a buildup of a large amount of dopamine<\/a>,<\/span> the neurotransmitter that signals a sense of pleasure. This flood of dopamine is what causes the feeling of euphoria that users experience.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Cocaine affects all areas of the brain that have dopamine, but the limbic system is most impacted. The limbic system is involved in emotions and memories, and the strong effect of cocaine here helps to explain why the drug causes people to experience pleasure and lose control overusing the drug. The association of cocaine-created pleasure with memories helps stimulate addiction. The user is reminded of where the pleasure came from, cocaine, and is led to use it again to re-experience the euphoria.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b25bf0e e-con-full animated-slow e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b25bf0e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4065ed5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4065ed5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cocaine\u2019s Effect on the Brain Over Time<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f39bbc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f39bbc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The sense of pleasure that cocaine creates incites reward-seeking behaviors. A person remembers that the euphoria came from cocaine, that sense of pleasure acts like a reward for its use, and it promotes behaviors in that person to seek out the drug again. Over time and with continued use of the drug,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drugabuse.gov\/publications\/drugfacts\/cocaine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the brain begins to adapt to the high levels of dopamine<\/a><\/span>\u00a0by becoming less sensitive to it. In order to get the same high again, the user needs to take more and more cocaine. Tolerance, an important sign of addiction, begins to develop because of the way the brain adapts to cocaine.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Researchers have even found that there are\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2851032\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">more long-lasting effects of cocaine<\/a><\/span>\u00a0use on the brain. Cocaine use may even change genetics in brain cells, which may contribute to addiction. A specific protein that seems to be involved in addictive behaviors is altered by cocaine use and builds up to higher levels than normal. The most lasting effect, though, appears to be the growth of nerve cells in the limbic system. 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While it is possible to stop using cocaine after becoming addicted, doing so is challenging. It requires\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.altamirarecovery.com\/cocaine\/\">cocaine addiction treatment<\/a>\u00a0and ongoing support, and even then some people relapse.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210614071747\/https:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/pub_releases\/2016-08\/wfbm-sua080116.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">A recent study<\/a>\u00a0with laboratory mice showed that this tendency to relapse, even after a long time in recovery, may be caused by permanent or near-permanent changes the drug makes to the brain.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>In the study the researchers allowed mice to self-administer cocaine for several hours a day for five days in a row. The mice in one group then had to abstain for 60 days and at the end of the abstinence period were given one dose of cocaine. A control group, which never had cocaine in the past, was also given a cocaine dose at the same time.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The differences were striking, and the effects were different in each group. The control mice had a normal response, while the abstinent mice demonstrated tolerance. The 60 days of abstinence is equivalent to four years in humans, and even after this long period of time the mice showed signs that their brains were still affected by cocaine. 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