The Effects of Repeated Morphine Treatment on the Endogenous Cannabinoid System in the Ventral Tegmental Area

• Main Authors: Hong Zhang (Author), Austin A. Lipinski (Author), Erika Liktor-Busa (Author), Angela F. Smith (Author), Aubin Moutal (Author), Rajesh Khanna (Author), Paul R. Langlais (Author), Tally M. Largent-Milnes (Author), Todd W. Vanderah (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The therapeutic utility of opioids is diminished by their ability to induce rewarding behaviors that may lead to opioid use disorder. Recently, the endogenous cannabinoid system has emerged as a hot topic in the study of opioid reward but relatively little is known about how repeated opioid exposure...