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Stress Hormone Reduces Heroin Cravings

Alkohol, Nikotin, Tabletten und Heroin
© Universität Basel

Every addiction is characterized by a strong desire for a certain addictive substance, be it nicotine, alcohol or other drug. Researchers at the University of Basel recently conducted a study on heroin addiction and demonstrated that the stress hormone cortisol can reduce addictive cravings. The findings from the research have been published in the medical journal Translational Psychiatry.

28 July 2015

Alkohol, Nikotin, Tabletten und Heroin
© Universität Basel
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