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ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation2019

Heroin addiction engages negative emotional learning brain circuits in rats.

Stephanie A Carmack, Robin J Keeley, Janaina C M Vendruscolo, Emily G Lowery-Gionta, Hanbing Lu, George F Koob, Elliot A Stein, Leandro F Vendruscolo

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Article in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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29citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Stephanie A CarmackIntegrative Neuroscience Research Branch and.
Robin J KeeleyNeuroimaging Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Intramural Research Program, NIH, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Janaina C M VendruscoloIntegrative Neuroscience Research Branch and.
Emily G Lowery-GiontaIntegrative Neuroscience Research Branch and.
Hanbing LuNeuroimaging Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Intramural Research Program, NIH, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
George F KoobIntegrative Neuroscience Research Branch and.
Elliot A SteinNeuroimaging Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Intramural Research Program, NIH, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Leandro F VendruscoloIntegrative Neuroscience Research Branch and.
Integra (United States) · USNational Institute on Drug Abuse · US

Funding

Translational addiction neurobiologyZIADA000597 · NIDA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE · PI STEIN, ELLIOT A · 2013 to 2021
$6.2M
CIHR FRN 152478
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Opioid use disorder (OUD) is associated with the emergence of persistent negative emotional states during drug abstinence that drive compulsive drug taking and seeking. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in rats identified neurocircuits that were activated by stimuli that were previously paired with heroin withdrawal. The activation of amygdala and hypothalamic circuits was related to the degree of heroin dependence, supporting the significance of conditioned negative affect in sustaining compulsive-like heroin seeking and taking and providing neurobiological insights into the drivers of the current opioid crisis.

Indexed as

AmygdalaEmotionsHeroin DependenceHypothalamusLearningMagnetic Resonance ImagingNerve NetAnimalsMaleRatsRats, Long-EvansSubstance Withdrawal SyndromeAddictionMemoryNeuroimagingNeuroscience

Identifiers

PMID30913040
PMCPMC6546476
OpenAlexW2922538610

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