A glitch in the matrix: The role of extracellular matrix remodeling in opioid use disorder

MH Ray, BR Williams, MK Kuppe, CD Bryant… - Frontiers in Integrative …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Opioid use disorder (OUD) and deaths from drug overdoses have reached unprecedented
levels. Given the enormous impact of the opioid crisis on public health, a more thorough, in …

The ventral tegmental area and nucleus accumbens as circadian oscillators: implications for drug abuse and substance use disorders

DD Becker-Krail, WH Walker, RJ Nelson - Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Circadian rhythms convergently evolved to allow for optimal synchronization of individuals'
physiological and behavioral processes with the Earth's 24-h periodic cycling of …

Circadian rhythm disruptions associated with opioid use disorder in synaptic proteomes of human dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens

S Puig, X Xue, R Salisbury, MA Shelton, SM Kim… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Opioid craving and relapse vulnerability is associated with severe and persistent sleep and
circadian rhythm disruptions. Understanding the neurobiological underpinnings of circadian …

The disruptive relationship among circadian rhythms, pain, and opioids

JR Bumgarner, EW McCray, RJ Nelson - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Pain behavior and the systems that mediate opioid analgesia and opioid reward processing
display circadian rhythms. Moreover, the pain system and opioid processing systems …

Altered expression of somatostatin signaling molecules and clock genes in the hippocampus of subjects with substance use disorder

J Valeri, SM O'Donovan, W Wang, D Sinclair… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Substance use disorders are a debilitating group of psychiatric disorders with a high degree
of comorbidity with major depressive disorder. Sleep and circadian rhythm disturbances are …

Circadian rhythms as modulators of brain health during development and throughout aging

R Van Drunen, K Eckel-Mahan - Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The circadian clock plays a prominent role in neurons during development and throughout
aging. This review covers topics pertinent to the role of 24-h rhythms in neuronal …

Single nuclei transcriptomics in human and non-human primate striatum in opioid use disorder

BDN Phan, MH Ray, X Xue, C Fu, RJ Fenster… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
In brain, the striatum is a heterogenous region involved in reward and goal-directed
behaviors. Striatal dysfunction is linked to psychiatric disorders, including opioid use …

Diurnal alterations in gene expression across striatal subregions in psychosis

KD Ketchesin, W Zong, MA Hildebrand, MR Scott… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Psychosis is a defining feature of schizophrenia and highly prevalent in bipolar
disorder. Notably, individuals with these illnesses also have major disruptions in sleep and …

Melatonin attenuates fentanyl-induced behavioral sensitization and circadian rhythm disorders in mice

K Du, Q Shi, X Zhou, L Zhang, H Su, C Zhang… - Physiology & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Melatonin is a neurohormone synthesized by the pineal gland to regulate the circadian
rhythms and has proven to be effective in treating drug addiction and dependence …

Disentangling transcriptomic heterogeneity within the human subgenual anterior cingulate cortex

AK Jenkins, MA Shelton, RF Yin, MT Gorczyca… - Cerebral …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (sgACC) is a critical site for understanding the
neural correlates of affect and emotion. While the activity of the sgACC is functionally …