Endogenous opiates and behavior: 2005

RJ Bodnar, GE Klein - Peptides, 2006 - Elsevier
This paper is the 28th consecutive installment of the annual review of research concerning
the endogenous opioid system, now spanning over a quarter-century of research. It …

Non-nociceptive roles of opioids in the CNS: opioids' effects on neurogenesis, learning, memory and affect

C Kibaly, C Xu, CM Cahill, CJ Evans… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Mortality due to opioid use has grown to the point where, for the first time in history, opioid-
related deaths exceed those caused by car accidents in many states in the United States …

Prescription opioid analgesics rapidly change the human brain

JW Younger, LF Chu, NT D'Arcy, KE Trott, LE Jastrzab… - PAIN®, 2011 - Elsevier
Chronic opioid exposure is known to produce neuroplastic changes in animals; however, it
is not known if opioids used over short periods of time and at analgesic dosages can …

BDNF is a negative modulator of morphine action

JW Koo, MS Mazei-Robison, D Chaudhury, B Juarez… - science, 2012 - science.org
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a key positive regulator of neural plasticity,
promoting, for example, the actions of stimulant drugs of abuse such as cocaine. We …

[HTML][HTML] Role for mTOR signaling and neuronal activity in morphine-induced adaptations in ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons

MS Mazei-Robison, JW Koo, AK Friedman, CS Lansink… - Neuron, 2011 - cell.com
While the abuse of opiate drugs continues to rise, the neuroadaptations that occur with long-
term drug exposure remain poorly understood. We describe here a series of chronic …

Opiate-induced molecular and cellular plasticity of ventral tegmental area and locus coeruleus catecholamine neurons

MS Mazei-Robison, EJ Nestler - Cold Spring …, 2012 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
The study of neuronal adaptations induced by opiate drugs is particularly relevant today
given their widespread prescription and nonprescription use. Although much is known about …

Adult hippocampal neurogenesis in the pathogenesis of addiction and dual diagnosis disorders

RA Chambers - Drug and alcohol dependence, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: As knowledge deepens about how new neurons are born, differentiate,
and wire into the adult mammalian brain, growing evidence depicts hippocampal …

Chronic pain and adult hippocampal neurogenesis: translational implications from preclinical studies

M Grilli - Journal of pain research, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Adult hippocampal neurogenesis (ahNG) occurs in the human brain. Adult generated
neurons have been proposed to functionally contribute to relevant hippocampal functions …

Endogenous morphine and its metabolites in mammals: history, synthesis, localization and perspectives

A Laux-Biehlmann, J Mouheiche, J Veriepe, Y Goumon - Neuroscience, 2013 - Elsevier
Morphine derived from Papaver somniferum is commonly used as an analgesic compound
for pain relief. It is now accepted that endogenous morphine, structurally identical to vegetal …

Effect of opioid on adult hippocampal neurogenesis

Y Zhang, HH Loh, PY Law - The Scientific World Journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
During the past decade, the study of the mechanisms and functional implications of adult
neurogenesis has significantly progressed. Many studies focus on the factors that regulate …