Journal article
EFFECT OF MORPHINE ON CORTISOL AND PROLACTIN SECRETION IN ANOREXIA NERVOSA AND DEPRESSION
Abstract
Endogenous opioid peptides are involved in feeding regulation, and alterations in opioidergic regulation have been implicated in the pathophysiology of eating disorders. To investigate further this hypothesis, we conducted a placebo-controlled study of the effect of the opiate alkaloid morphine on cortisol and prolactin secretion in six patients with anorexia nervosa and six age-matched healthy volunteers, and compared the results with those …
Authors
ZIS AP; REMICK RA; CLARK CM; GOLDNER E; GRANT BEK; BROWN GM
Journal
Clinical Endocrinology, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 421–427
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
April 1989
DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2265.1989.tb00441.x
ISSN
0300-0664