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Mood and neuroendocrine response to a chemical stressor, metyrapone, in buprenorphine-maintained heroin dependence.
Biological psychiatry - 15 Jan 2008
Kakko Johan, von Wachenfeldt Joachim, Svanborg Kerstin Dybrandt, Lidström Jessica, Barr Christina S, Heilig Markus
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BACKGROUND: Heroin dependence is associated with a hyperactive hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, proposed as a biological correlate of craving. Maintenance treatment with methadone normalizes HPA axis activity. Here, we examined HPA axis activity under maintenance treatment with the incr...
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