Effects of leptin and ghrelin on neural cue-reactivity in alcohol addiction: two streams merge to one river?

Increasing evidence supports the role of appetite-regulating hormones in the pathophysiology of alcohol addiction. Amongst those, leptin and acylated ghrelin seem to play key roles in mediating craving and relapse (Hirth et al., 2016).

Source: Psychoneuroendocrinology - September 18, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Patrick Bach, Jan Malte Bumb, Rilana Schuster, Sabine Vollst ädt-Klein, Iris Reinhard, Marcella Rietschel, Stephanie H. Witt, Klaus Wiedemann, Falk Kiefer, Anne Koopmann Source Type: research