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ArticleFrontiers in behavioral neuroscience2015

Morphine administration during low ovarian hormone stage results in transient over expression of fear memories in females.

Emily M Perez-Torres, Dinah L Ramos-Ortolaza, Roberto Morales, Edwin Santini, Efrain J Rios-Ruiz, Annelyn Torres-Reveron

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Article in Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Sex differences in fear extinction.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Emily M Perez-TorresSchool of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Ponce Health Sciences University - Ponce Research Institute Ponce, Puerto Rico.
Dinah L Ramos-OrtolazaDepartment of Biology, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico Ponce, Puerto Rico.
Roberto MoralesDepartment of Counseling and Psychological Services, Institute of Translational Research in Behavioral Sciences, University of Puerto Rico at Ponce Ponce, Puerto Rico.
Edwin SantiniDepartment of Pharmaceutical Science, Palm Beach Atlantic University West Palm Beach, FL, USA.
Efrain J Rios-RuizSchool of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Ponce Health Sciences University - Ponce Research Institute Ponce, Puerto Rico ; Department of Counseling and Psychological Services, Institute of Translational Research in Behavioral Sciences, University of Puerto Rico at Ponce Ponce, Puerto Rico.
Annelyn Torres-ReveronSchool of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Ponce Health Sciences University - Ponce Research Institute Ponce, Puerto Rico ; Basic Sciences Division, Physiology, Ponce Health Sciences University - Ponce Research Institute Ponce, Puerto Rico.
Ponce Health Sciences University · PRUniversity of Puerto Rico at Ponce · PRPalm Beach Atlantic University · USPontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico · PR

Funding

VIRAL SEQUENCES IN PEDIATRIC HIV INFECTION IN PRG12RR003050 · NCRR · PONCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI ARMSTRONG, RAUL A · 1985 to 2011
$28.1M
VIRAL SEQUENCES IN PEDIATRIC HIV INFECTION IN PRG12MD007579 · NIMHD · PONCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI TORRES-RUIZ, JOSE A · 2012 to 2018
$15.9M
UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO PONCE RESEARCH INITIATIVE FOR SCIENTIFIC ENHANCEMENT: UR25GM096955 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO PONCE · PI SUAREZ-MARTINEZ, EDU B · 2011 to 2020
$5.7M
NCRR NIH HHS G12 RR003050NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM096955NIMHD NIH HHS G12 MD007579
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute exposure to morphine after a traumatic event reduces trauma related symptoms in humans and conditioned fear expression in male rats. We aimed to determine whether acute administration of morphine alters consolidation of fear learning and extinction. Male and female rats in proestrus and metaestrus (high and low ovarian hormones respectively) underwent fear conditioning and received saline or morphine (2.5 mg/kg s.c.). The next day they underwent extinction. Results showed increased freezing during extinction only in the morphine metaestrus group while morphine did not affect males or proestrus females. Recall of extinction was similar on all groups. On a second experiment, a subset of rats conditioned during metaestrus was administered morphine prior to extinction producing no effects. We then measured mu opioid receptor (MOR) expression in the amygdala and periaqueductal gray (PAG) at the end of extinction (day 2). In males and proestrus females, morphine caused an increase in MOR in the amygdala but no in the PAG. In metaestrus females, morphine did not change MOR expression in either structure. These data suggests that ovarian hormones may interact with MORs in the amygdala to transiently alter memory consolidation. Morphine given after trauma to females with low ovarian hormones might increase the recall of fear responses, making recovery harder.

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estrous cyclefear conditioningfear extinctionmorphinesex-differencestrauma

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PMCPMC4441149
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