NeuroscienceBiological Psychiatry Global Open SciencePeer-reviewed
Opioid withdrawal produces sex-specific effects on fentanyl-vs.-food choice and mesolimbic transcription
E. Andrew Townsend, R. Kijoon Kim, Hannah L. Robinson…·Peter J. Hamilton
This study shows that opioid withdrawal leads to sex-specific changes in fentanyl choice and mesolimbic gene expression in rats, with males showing increased fentanyl preference and females showing transcriptional hyperfunction.
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