Study underlines potential of anti-stress peptide to block alcohol dependence

Friday, December 9, 2011 - 13:00 in Health & Medicine

New research by scientists at the Scripps Research Institute has underlined the power of an endogenous anti-stress peptide in the brain to prevent and even reverse some of the cellular effects of acute alcohol and alcohol dependence in animal models. The work could lead to the development of novel drugs to treat alcoholism.

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