The endogenous opioid system in human alcoholics: molecular adaptations in brain areas involved in cognitive control of addiction

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Systemic κ-opioid receptor antagonism by nor-binaltorphimine reduces dependence-induced excessive alcohol self-administration in rats

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Prodynorphin Mutations Cause the Neurodegenerative Disorder Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 23

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The role of the dynorphin–κ opioid system in the reinforcing effects of drugs of abuse

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Blockade of ethanol reward by the kappa opioid receptor agonist U50,488H

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Positron Emission Tomography Measures of Endogenous Opioid Neurotransmission and Impulsiveness Traits in Humans

(2009) Tiffany M. Love et al.   ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY

Neurocircuitry of Addiction

(2009) George F Koob et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Now or Later? An fMRI study of the effects of endogenous opioid blockade on a decision-making network

(2009) Charlotte A. Boettiger et al.   PHARMACOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR

Effect of Naltrexone and Ondansetron on Alcohol Cue–Induced Activation of the Ventral Striatum in Alcohol-Dependent People

(2008) Hugh Myrick et al.   ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY

An Australian Brain Bank: a critical investment with a high return!

(2008) D. Sheedy et al.   CELL AND TISSUE BANKING

Dynorphin is a downstream effector of striatal BDNF regulation of ethanol intake

(2008) Marian L. Logrip et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

A regulatory variation in OPRK1, the gene encoding the  -opioid receptor, is associated with alcohol dependence

(2008) H. J. Edenberg et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

A Functional Haplotype Implicated in Vulnerability to Develop Cocaine Dependence is Associated with Reduced PDYN Expression in Human Brain

(2008) Vadim Yuferov et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Naltrexone for the Management of Alcohol Dependence

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