Anhedonia to music and mu-opioids: Evidence from the administration of naltrexone Adiel Mallik, Mona Lisa Chanda & Daniel J. Levitin Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 41952 (2017) doi:10.1038/srep41952 http://www.nature.com/a...

Sex, drugs and rock'n'roll are even more closely linked than we realised. http://www.nme.com/news/music/music-affects-the-brain-in-the-same-way-to-sex-and-drugs-says-study-1971372

Tincture of opium for treating opioid dependence: a systematic review of safety and efficacy. Nikoo, M., Nikoo, N., Anbardan, S. J., Amiri, A., Vogel, M., Choi, F., Sepehry, A. A., Bagheri Valoojerdi, A. H., Jang, K., Schütz, C., Akhondzadeh...

Existing drug is effective in preventing withdrawal symptoms in opioid-dependent rodents Opioid use and abuse is a significant social, health and economic issue in Canada. Researchers at the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Veterinar...

Blocking microglial pannexin-1 channels alleviates morphine withdrawal in rodents. Nicole E Burma, Robert P Bonin, Heather Leduc-Pessah, Corey Baimel, Zoe F Cairncross, Michael Mousseau, Jhenkruthi Vijaya Shankara, Patrick L Stemkowski, Dinara B...

Genome-wide association study of therapeutic opioid dosing identifies a novel locus upstream of OPRM1 A H Smith, K P Jensen, J Li, Y Nunez, L A Farrer, H Hakonarson, S D Cook-Sather, H R Kranzler and J Gelernter Molecular Psychiatry , (24 J...