Medication overuse and drug addiction: a narrative review from addiction perspective

TT Takahashi, R Ornello, G Quatrosi, A Torrente… - The journal of headache …, 2021 - Springer
Chronic headache is particularly prevalent in migraineurs and it can progress to a condition
known as medication overuse headache (MOH). MOH is a secondary headache caused by …

Reward-centricity and attenuated aversions: an adolescent phenotype emerging from studies in laboratory animals

TL Doremus-Fitzwater, LP Spear - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Adolescence is an evolutionarily conserved developmental period, with neural circuits and
behaviors contributing to the detection, procurement, and receipt of rewards bearing …

[HTML][HTML] On the safety of repeated ketamine infusions for the treatment of depression: effects of sex and developmental periods

CE Strong, M Kabbaj - Neurobiology of stress, 2018 - Elsevier
In this review, we will discuss the safety of repeated treatments with ketamine for patients
with treatment-resistant depression (TRD), a condition in which patients with major …

Ayahuasca, a psychedelic beverage, modulates neuroplasticity induced by ethanol in mice

CAF Almeida, AA Pereira-Junior, JG Rangel… - Behavioural Brain …, 2022 - Elsevier
Alcohol use disorder needs more effective treatments because relapse rates remain high.
Psychedelics, such as ayahuasca, have been used to treat substance use disorders. Our …

Environmental enrichment reduces chronic psychosocial stress-induced anxiety and ethanol-related behaviors in mice

A Bahi - Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Previous research from our laboratory has shown that exposure to chronic psychosocial
stress increased voluntary ethanol consumption and preference as well as acquisition of …

Locomotor sensitization to intermittent ketamine administration is associated with nucleus accumbens plasticity in male and female rats

CE Strong, KJ Schoepfer, AM Dossat, SK Saland… - …, 2017 - Elsevier
Clinical evidence suggests superior antidepressant response over time with a repeated,
intermittent ketamine treatment regimen as compared to a single infusion. However, the club …

Potential of GABAB Receptor Positive Allosteric Modulators in the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder

P Maccioni, G Colombo - CNS drugs, 2019 - Springer
The orthosteric γ-aminobutyric acid B (GABA B) receptor agonist baclofen is currently
considered a therapeutic option for alcohol use disorder (AUD); however, the safety profile …

Synaptic plasticity mechanisms common to learning and alcohol use disorder

DM Lovinger, KP Abrahao - Learning & Memory, 2018 - learnmem.cshlp.org
Alcohol use disorders include drinking problems that span a range from binge drinking to
alcohol abuse and dependence. Plastic changes in synaptic efficacy, such as long-term …

Prenatal ethanol induces an anxiety phenotype and alters expression of dynorphin & nociceptin/orphanin FQ genes

A Wille-Bille, RS Miranda-Morales, M Pucci… - Progress in Neuro …, 2018 - Elsevier
Animal models have suggested that prenatal ethanol exposure (PEE) alters the κ opioid
receptor system. The present study investigated the brain expression of dynorphin and …

Post-weaning environmental enrichment, but not chronic maternal isolation, enhanced ethanol intake during periadolescence and early adulthood

LR Berardo, MC Fabio, RM Pautassi - Frontiers in behavioral …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
This study analyzed ethanol intake in male and female Wistar rats exposed to maternal
separation (MS) during infancy (postnatal days 1–21, PD1–21) and environmental …