Endogenous opiates and behavior: 2022

RJ Bodnar - Peptides, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper is the forty-fifth consecutive installment of the annual anthological review of
research concerning the endogenous opioid system, summarizing articles published during …

Cross-species conservation in the regulation of parvalbumin by perineuronal nets

AS Wang, X Wan, DS Storch, VY Li, G Cornez… - Frontiers in neural …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Parvalbumin (PV) neurons play an integral role in regulating neural dynamics and plasticity.
Therefore, understanding the factors that regulate PV expression is important for revealing …

The role of the endogenous opioid system in the vocal behavior of songbirds and its possible role in vocal learning

UA Singh, S Iyengar - Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The opioid system in the brain is responsible for processing affective states such as pain,
pleasure, and reward. It consists of three main receptors, mu-(μ-ORs), delta-(δ-ORs), and …

The expression of delta opioid receptor mRNA in adult male zebra finches (Taenopygia guttata)

P Parishar, N Sehgal, S Iyengar - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The endogenous opioid system is evolutionarily conserved across reptiles, birds and
mammals and is known to modulate varied brain functions such as learning, memory …