NIH R01 · 2024
PROJECT SUMMARY A range of cellular and circuit-level adaptations develops in response to chronic opioid exposure, which are strongly linked to several facets of opioid addiction: tolerance, withdrawal and processes that may contribute to compulsive use and relapse. However, we still do not have a comprehensive picture of the dynamic connections and activities of neuronal networks in the brain that express the opioid receptors and peptides. Therefore, a critical need exists to map the global cell-type identity, transcriptomic trajectory, shifting connectivity, and ensemble activity of the key opioidergic networks underlying the onset and maintenance of cellular dependence, and withdrawal.…
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