New Receptor Site, New Treatment for Alcohol Dependence

Mu. Delta. Kappa. This isn’t some sorority at a Midwestern college, rather the list of opioid receptor sites in the brain.  Known since the 1960s, studies revealed that opiates appeared to accumulate in the brain around particular binding sites.  Later, in the 1970s and 80s, efforts were made to attempt to purify or clarify the