The potential role of the orexin reward system in future treatments for opioid drug abuse

S Zarrabian, E Riahi, S Karimi, Y Razavi, A Haghparast - Brain research, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite a history of more than a century of intense research in drug addiction, with currently
available medication and behavioral therapy, the rate of relapse to drug use is 40–60 …

Functional roles of orexin/hypocretin receptors in reward circuit

A Haghparast, Z Fatahi, R Arezoomandan… - Progress in Brain …, 2017 - Elsevier
Since its first discovery in 1998, it has become clear that the orexinergic system plays an
important role in regulating a number of functions including food, sex, social connections …

Behavioural expression of positive anticipation for food or opportunity to play in lambs

C Anderson, J Yngvesson, A Boissy… - Behavioural …, 2015 - Elsevier
Anticipatory behaviours may serve a useful tool in studying positive emotional states in
animals. This study aimed to investigate if lambs express anticipatory behaviours for …

D1-and D2-like dopamine receptors in the CA1 region of the hippocampus are involved in the acquisition and reinstatement of morphine-induced conditioned place …

N Assar, D Mahmoudi, A Farhoudian… - Behavioural brain …, 2016 - Elsevier
The hippocampus plays a vital role in processing contextual memories and reward related
learning tasks, such as conditioned place preference (CPP). Among the neurotransmitters in …

Impaired acquisition of nicotine-induced conditioned place preference in fatty acid-binding protein 3 null mice

W Jia, G Wilar, I Kawahata, A Cheng… - Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Nicotine causes psychological dependence through its interactions with nicotinic
acetylcholine receptors in the brain. We previously demonstrated that fatty acid-binding …

Role of dopamine D1-like receptor within the nucleus accumbens in acute food deprivation-and drug priming-induced reinstatement of morphine seeking in rats

F Sadeghzadeh, V Babapour, A Haghparast - Behavioural brain research, 2015 - Elsevier
Dopamine is a predominant neurotransmitter in the nervous system, which plays an
important role in both drug priming-and cue-induced reinstatement of cocaine and heroin …

Differential effects of intra-accumbal orexin-1 and-2 receptor antagonists on the expression and extinction of morphine-induced conditioned place preference in rats

F Sadeghzadeh, P Namvar, FS Naghavi… - Pharmacology …, 2016 - Elsevier
Orexinergic neurons originate from the hypothalamic nuclei, sending projections toward
mesolimbic regions such as the nucleus accumbens (NAc). In this study, an attempt was …

Nucleus accumbens dopamine receptors mediate hypothalamus‐induced antinociception in the rat formalin test

A Siahposht‐Khachaki, P Pourreza… - … Journal of Pain, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background Lateral hypothalamus (LH) involves in modulation of tonic pain. Regarding the
direct and indirect neural connections between the LH and nucleus accumbens (NA c), we …

Involvement of D1-and D2-like dopamine receptors within the rat nucleus accumbens in the maintenance of morphine rewarding properties in the rats.

P Namvar, S Zarrabian, F Nazari-Serenjeh… - Behavioral …, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
Previous studies on drug abuse have shown that response to drug-associated cues exist
during prolonged abstinence. In succession to previous investigations in our laboratory on …

[HTML][HTML] Role of orexin-1 receptor within the ventral tegmental area in mediating stress-and morphine priming-induced reinstatement of conditioned place preference …

R Azizbeigi, Z Farzinpour… - Basic and Clinical …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods: In the current study, a Reinstatement model is used to examine the effects of intra-
VTA administration of SB334867 as an Orexin-1 Receptor (OX1R) antagonist on drug …