Author(s): Borges C; Inigo F; Quteishat N; Charles J; Ah-Yen E; U S;

Rational: Stress is a major trigger for drug relapse in humans and animal models, even after prolonged abstinence. However, animal models for stress-induced relapse were criticized for the lack of predictive and face validity.
Objectives: Here we investigated the effect of acute food deprivation stress in a novel str ...

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Author(s): Iriah SC; Borges C; Shalev U; Cai X; Madularu D; Kulkarni PP; Ferris CF;

Background: Maraviroc is an antiretroviral agent and C-C chemokine coreceptor 5 (CCR5) antagonist that is currently used to treat human immunodeficiency virus. CCR5/µ-opioid receptor heterodimerization suggests that maraviroc could be a treatment for oxycodone abuse. We treated rats with maraviroc to explore its effect on oxycodone-seekin ...

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