Opioid use disorder(OUD)has become a considerable global public health challenge;however,potential medications for the management of OUD that are effective,safe,and nonaddictive are not available.Accumulating preclini...
financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32071342 and 31922042);Guangdong Special Support Program(2019TQ05Y209);the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(2021A1515010431);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Nos.2021-RC310-005,2020-RC320-002 and 2019PT320028);Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences(2021-I2M-1-058)。
Growth hormone deficiency(GHD)has become a serious healthcare burden,and presents a huge impact on the physical and mental health of patients.Here,we developed an actively separated microneedle patch(PAA/NaHCO_(3)^(-)...
This research was supported by the Intramural Research Program(IRP)of the National Institute on Drug Abuse(NIDA)(DA000633-01);National Institutes of Health(NIH);grant support for MKL in UMB(NIH grant R01DA038613).
Cannabinoid CB2 receptors(CB2R)are importantly involved in drug reward and addiction.However,the cellular mechanisms underlying CB2R action remain unclear.We have previously reported that cocaine self-administration u...
For several years,the misuse of stimulant substances is increasingly observed both in the field of sport,to improve the functions of the body and therefore to be more performant,and also by non-athletes to make life m...
Recent evidence suggests that cannabidiol(CBD)may be useful for the treatment of different neuropsychiatric disorders.However,some controversy regarding its profile as a drug of abuse hampers the further development o...
Cannabinoid CB1 receptors(CB1Rs)have been shown to be a promising target in medication development for the treatment of addiction.However,clinical trials with SR141716A(rimonabant,a selective CB1R antagonist/inverse a...
funded by the National Research Council of Science & Technology(NST)grant by the Korean government(MSIP)(No.CRC-15-04-KIST);the National Research Foundation of Korea under the grant(No.NRF-2017R1A2B200399;Mid-career Researcher Program)
A significant amount of evidence indicates that microRNAs (miRNAs) play an important role in drug addiction. The nucleus accumbens (NAc) is a critical part of the brain’s reward circuit and is involved in a varie...
supported by NIH and NIDA(R01DA039146;T32DA031115);NIH Intramural Research Programs
OBJECTIVE Wide spread abuse of synthetic cathinones found in bath salts preparations has resulted in regulation of some cathinones internationally.Chemists skirt these laws by altering the chemical structures of first...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2015CB553504);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81471350 and 81671321);the Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo Municipality,Zhejiang Province,China(2015A610193)
Activation of presynaptic group II metabotropic glutamate receptors(mGluR2/3) inhibits drug reward and drug-seeking behavior, but the role of N-acetylaspartylglutamate(NAAG), an agonist of endogenous mGluR2/3,in h...
sponsored by the Science and Technology Support Project Funding of Sichuan Province (No. 2013FZ0009);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51278421; No.51678487)
China has adopted a dual urban-rural administration system for many years which gives far more attention to cities than to rural areas. Designated as a National Comprehensive Reform Experiment Area for Coordinated Urb...