The Effects of Perinatal Oxycodone Exposure on Behavioral Outcome in a Rodent Model

• Main Authors: Thitinart Sithisarn (Author), Sandra J. Legan (Author), Philip M. Westgate (Author), Melinda Wilson (Author), Kristen Wellmann (Author), Henrietta S. Bada (Author), Susan Barron (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Opiate addiction is now a major public health problem. Perinatal insults and exposure to opiates such as morphine in utero are well known to affect development of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis of the offspring adversely and are associated with a higher risk of developing neurobehavioral pr...