Sunday 19 October 2014

Pathological Gambling Associated With Altered Opioid System in the Brain: Study

A new research, presented at the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology congress in Berlin, has revealed that the opioid system of pathological gamblers responds differently to those of normal healthy volunteers. Opioid system controls pain, reward and addictive behaviors. Gambling spirals out of control in some individuals and takes on the features of an addiction (and) #8722; pathological gambling, also known as problem gambling. The study was carried ...

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