Gary Kenneth Hulse Author

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Hypothalamic Pathophysiology in the Neuroimmune,Dysmetabolic and Longevity Complications of Chronic Opiate Dependency

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Albert Stuart Reece, Gary Kenneth Hulse

 Hypothalamic Pathophysiology in the Neuroimmune,Dysmetabolic and Longevity Complications of Chronic Opiate Dependency

New conceptual and therapeutic advances in our understanding of various important pathophysiological states have remarkable relevance to current practices in the area of the treatment of opiate dependence. Major breakthroughs have recently occurred in our understanding of: The central mediation of the hypertensive-obesity-metabolic syndrome and particularly its association with the hypothalamic regulation of longevity; The ability of addictive chemical species to induce local inflammation of many parts of the CNS including the view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2325-9841.1000126

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