Blocking A Neuropeptide Receptor Decreases Nicotine Addiction
Monday, December 1, 2008 - 02:28
in Biology & Nature
Scientists have found that blocking the receptor for a specific neuropeptide, short chains of amino acids found in nerve tissue, significantly decreases the desire for nicotine in animal models. In addition, these data may explain intriguing findings from human smokers who spontaneously quit smoking when they suffer brain damage restricted to a small portion of their frontal cortex.