Mice Study Suggests Meds to Activate Natural Brain Opioids for Anxiety

University of Sydney scholars have found that medications designed to boost the effect of natural brain opioids might be a better way to reduce anxiety.
Investigators believe the new approach has many advantages over the current method of using ‘receptor-binding’ opioid drugs like morphine, which have major side effects.
Fear and anxiety are natural responses that help defend us against harm. The feelings are largely controlled via circuits of interconnected nerve cells and activity