Intravenous Ghrelin Administration Increases Alcohol Craving in Alcohol-Dependent Heavy Drinkers: a Preliminary Investigation

BACKGROUND: There is a need to identify novel pharmacological targets to treat alcoholism. Animal and human studies suggest a role of ghrelin in the neurobiology of alcohol dependence and craving. Here, we were the first to test the hypothesis that intravenous administration of exogenous ghrelin acu...

Fuld beskrivelse

Na minha lista:
Bibliografiske detaljer
Main Authors: Leggio, Lorenzo, Zywiak, William H., Fricchione, Samuel R., Edwards, Steven M., de la Monte, Suzanne M., Swift, Robert M., Kenna, George A.
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: 2014
Fag:
Article
Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4176606/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24775991
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.03.019
Tags: Tilføj Tag
Ingen Tags, Vær først til at tagge denne postø!

Lignende værker