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Effects of cortisol administration on craving in heroin addicts

Heroin dependence is a severe and chronically relapsing substance use disorder with limited treatment options. Stress is known to increase craving and drug-taking behavior, but it is not known whether the stress hormone cortisol mediates these stress effects or whether cortisol may rather reduce cra...

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Autores principales: Walter, M, Bentz, D, Schicktanz, N, Milnik, A, Aerni, A, Gerhards, C, Schwegler, K, Vogel, M, Blum, J, Schmid, O, Roozendaal, B, Lang, U E, Borgwardt, S, de Quervain, D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5068724/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26218852
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/tp.2015.101