Psilocybin reduces heroin seeking behavior and modulates inflammatory gene expression in the nucleus accumbens and prefrontal cortex of male rats

G Floris, KR Dabrowski, MT Zanda, SE Daws - Molecular Psychiatry, 2024‏ - nature.com
Preclinical and human studies indicate psilocybin may reduce perseverant maladaptive
behaviors, including nicotine and alcohol seeking. Such studies in the opioid field are …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive analysis of fibromyalgia and the role of the endogenous opioid system

M García-Domínguez - Biomedicines, 2025‏ - mdpi.com
Fibromyalgia represents a chronic pain disorder characterized by musculoskeletal pain,
fatigue, and cognitive impairments. The exact mechanisms underlying fibromyalgia remain …

Neuroinflammatory history results in overlap** transcriptional signatures with heroin exposure in the nucleus accumbens and alters responsiveness to heroin in …

G Floris, MT Zanda, KR Dabrowski, SE Daws - Translational Psychiatry, 2024‏ - nature.com
Recent progress in psychiatric research has highlighted neuroinflammation in the
pathophysiology of opioid use disorder (OUD), suggesting that heightened immune …

A single-nucleus transcriptomic atlas of medium spiny neurons in the rat nucleus accumbens

BC Reiner, SN Chehimi, R Merkel, S Toikumo… - Scientific Reports, 2024‏ - nature.com
Neural processing of rewarding stimuli involves several distinct regions, including the
nucleus accumbens (NAc). The majority of NAc neurons are GABAergic projection neurons …

Single-nucleus RNA-sequencing of orbitofrontal cortex in rat model of methamphetamine-induced sensitization

Q Li, ZP Yu, YG Li, ZH Tang, YF Hu, MJ Wang… - Neuroscience …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The behavioral sensitization, characterized by escalated behavioral responses triggered by
recurrent exposure to psychostimulants, involves neurobiological mechanisms that are brain …

66. INTEGRATED SINGLE-CELL MULTIOMIC PROFILING OF CAUDATE NUCLEUS SUGGESTS KEY MECHANISMS IN ALCOHOL USE DISORDER

N Green, H Gao, X Chu, P McGuire, D Lai… - European …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Background Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a complex genetic disease that affects millions of
people worldwide. The caudate nucleus is a key brain region involved in reward processing …

Machine learning analysis of the orbitofrontal cortex transcriptome of human opioid users identifies Shisa7 as a translational target relevant for heroin-seeking …

RJ Ellis, JMN Ferland, T Rahman, JL Landry… - Biological …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Background Identifying neurobiological targets predictive of the molecular
neuropathophysiological signature of human opioid use disorder (OUD) could expedite new …

[HTML][HTML] Sex-specific Concordance of Striatal Transcriptional Signatures of Opioid Addiction in Human and Rodent Brains

R Logan, M Shelton, N Horan, X Xue… - Research …, 2024‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Opioid use disorder (OUD) has emerged as a severe, ongoing public health emergency.
Current, frontline addiction treatment strategies fail to produce lasting abstinence in most …

Transcriptional impacts of substance use disorder and HIV on human ventral midbrain neurons and microglia

AM Wilson, MM Jacobs, TY Lambert, A Valada… - bioRxiv, 2025‏ - biorxiv.org
For people with HIV (PWH), substance use disorders (SUDs) are a prominent neurological
risk factor, and the impacts of both on dopaminergic pathways are a potential point of …

Accurate sample deconvolution of pooled snRNA-seq using sex-dependent gene expression patterns

GM Twa, RA Phillips III, NJ Robinson, JJ Day - bioRxiv, 2024‏ - biorxiv.org
Single nucleus RNA sequencing (snRNA-seq) technology offers unprecedented resolution
for studying cell type-specific gene expression patterns. However, snRNA-seq poses high …