Scripps Florida Scientists Find Blocking a Neuropeptide Receptor Decreases Nicotine Addiction

November 27, 2008

CiglessBot wrote an interesting post today on
Here’s a quick excerpt
Findings could point towards more successful smoking cessation efforts.  The study was published in an online Early Edition issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the week of November 24. Scripps Florida is a division of The Scripps Research Institute.
The neuropeptide, hypocretin-1 (Orexin A), may initiate a key signaling cascade, a series […]

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