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The dynorphin/kappa opioid system as a modulator of stress-induced and pro-addictive behaviors.
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327 citing papers in PubMed, 533 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Kappa opioid receptor-dependent depressive-like behaviors associated with morphine withdrawal contribute to stress-induced reinstatement of morphine seeking.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026Article
- The Endogenous Opioid System in Compulsive Eating.Brain sciences · 2026Review
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- The actions of morphine on microglia and the underlying effects on associated adverse effects.Psychopharmacology · 2026Review
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- Proteomic analysis of central amygdala systems regulated by mifepristone in the context of alcohol dependence.Neuropharmacology · 2026Article
- Multisystem regulation of reward and addiction: beyond the dopaminergic system.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Review
- Updated Freudian drive theory: childhood trauma, epigenetics, serotonin and beta endorphin.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Modulatory effects of orexin and dynorphin on stress-related alcohol seeking and relapse: pivotal role of the posterior paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Review
- Estradiol and social withdrawal in addiction: a sex-specific neuroendocrine perspective.Oxford open neuroscience · 2026Article
- Mu-opioid and nociceptin receptors show divergent, cell-type-specific actions in the mesocorticolimbic reward system in opioid use disorder.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2026Review
- Kappa Opioid Receptors Control a Stress-Sensitive Brain Circuit and Drive Cocaine Seeking.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025Article
- Serotonin-dopamine interactions in psychostimulant-induced gene regulation: SSRI antidepressants potentiate gene regulation by methylphenidate (Ritalin) in the striatum and enhance behavioral profile indicative of addiction liability in rodents.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2025Review
- Post-Heroin Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Spectrum: Heroin Addiction as a Generator of Trauma Sensitisation in Everyday Life: A Perspective Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- KOR agonists for the treatment and/or prevention of opioid use disorder and cocaine use disorder.Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior · 2025Review
- Expression of Dynorphin and Kappa-Opioid Receptors in the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis: Focus on Adolescent Development.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Threonine-53 Phosphorylation of Dopamine Transporter Dictates κ-Opioid Receptor-Mediated Locomotor Suppression, Aversion, and Cocaine Reward.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025Article
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Abstract
Stress is a complex experience that carries both aversive and motivating properties. Chronic stress causes an increase in the risk of depression, is well known to increase relapse of drug seeking behavior, and can adversely impact health. Several brain systems have been demonstrated to be critical in mediating the negative affect associated with stress, and recent evidence directly links the actions of the endogenous opioid neuropeptide dynorphin in modulating mood and increasing the rewarding effects of abused drugs. These results suggest that activation of the dynorphin/kappa opioid receptor (KOR) system is likely to play a major role in the pro-addictive effects of stress. This review explores the relationship between dynorphin and corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) in the induction of dysphoria, the potentiation of drug seeking, and stress-induced reinstatement. We also provide an overview of the signal transduction events responsible for CRF and dynorphin/KOR-dependent behaviors. Understanding the recent work linking activation of CRF and dynorphin/KOR systems and their specific roles in brain stress systems and behavioral models of addiction provides novel insight to neuropeptide systems that regulate affective state.
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