Hormone blocks opiate damage

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Previous studies have shown that chronic opiates may inhibit cell growth and trigger apoptosis leading to impaired cognitive capabilities in both humans and other mammals. And these results suggest that the hormone is capable of preventing or even repairing morphine-induced damage to hippocampal cells

Keywords: drugs brain damage opium opiates hippocampus morphine apoptosis cognition hormones hippocampal cells morphine-induced damage