Blocking the withdrawal response

Oz Research of Note (in progress)

Users of heroin and other addictive opioids may be spared from distressing withdrawal symptoms in the future. In an article just published in Nature Neuroscience the researchers describe for the first time a protein in nerve cells that drives the withdrawal response.

Prof MacDonald Christie, Pharmacology, University of Sydney, and Brain and Mind Research Institute

Nature Neuroscience, http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20113110-22781.html