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Building a brain map of alcohol dependence.
This new paper provide the first brain map of alcohol dependence at single cell resolution in an animal model of Alcohol use disorder....
Olivier George
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Identification of a new target that reduces excessive opioid use in dependent individuals.
This new paper identify a neuropeptide that is acting in a key brain region responsible for opioid dependence and demonstrates that it is...
Olivier George
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Identification of a neuronal pathway responsible for excessive drinking and alcohol dependence
This new paper identify a key brain network responsible for alcohol dependence and demonstrates that it is possible to reverse the desire...
Olivier George
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CRF, anxiety, pain and nicotine dependence
Extended access to nicotine leads to a CRF1 receptor dependent increase in anxiety-like behavior and hyperalgesia in rats. Addiction...
Olivier George
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Addiction and stress
Addiction as a stress surfeit disorder Neuropharmacology. 2013 Jun 6 Koob GF, Buck CL, Cohen A, Edwards S, Park PE, Schlosburg JE,...
Olivier George
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NPY, anxiety and alcohol
Neuropeptide Y Y2 R blockade in the central amygdala reduces anxiety-like behavior but not alcohol drinking in alcohol-dependent rats...
Olivier George
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Alcohol binge drinking
Recruitment of medial prefrontal cortex neurons during alcohol withdrawal predicts cognitive impairment and excessive alcohol drinking....
Olivier George
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