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Showing 1 to 20 of 61 for “"opiate"”.
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Opiate Regulation of Lordosis: Neurochemical Evaluation of the Role of Opiate-Serotonergic Interactions
<p>Opiates are important regulators of reproductive function in the rat, potently inhibiting gonadotropin secretion. However, the role of opiates in the control of lordosis, hormone-dependent female sexual behavior, is less clear. While opiate agonists inhibit lordosis, antagonists do not …
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Live and let die: opiate overdose deaths in Chicago
The use of narcotics, particularly opiates, is a health and social problem that is prevalent worldwide. One serious outcome of opiate overdose is death. Chicago is an important urban center that has serious opiate overdose-induced death problem that is not clearly understood. The purpose of this …
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Techniques for the characterization of sedation due to opiate administration
… is identifying human physiologic markers during opiate sedation for applications in general anesthesia and drug overdose. Under this central topic, three themes are developed: characterizing the neural signature associated with altered consciousness due to opiate administration, characterizing …
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Behavioral and Electromyographic Comparisons of Neuroleptic and Opiate Catalepsy in Rats
My experiments demonstrate that morphine and haloperidol produce two distinct and contrasting behavioral states, which can be thought of as exaggerated, isolated, and simplified forms of organized adaptive behavioral states functioning as components of normal motivated behavior. Haloperidol ca
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Hepatitis C virus infection in patients receiving opiate substitution therapy in Sweden.
… major causes of death are directly drug related. Opiate substitution therapy (OST) reduces drug related mortality in heroin using PWID, which might allow for chronic conditions, such as HCV infection, to impact morbidity and mortality. OST also improves social functioning and has been shown to …
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The Effects of Nucleus Accumbens Opiate and Adenosine Receptor Activity on Appetitive Operant Learning
… present set of experiments examined the roles of opiate and adenosine receptors in appetitive instrumental conditioning through pharmacological activation and suppression of μ-opioid and adenosine 2A receptors within the rat nucleus accumbens during the first five days of acquisition of an …
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The Audacity of Happiness: The Good Life for People in Recovery from Opiate Addiction
… together towards the help-seekers' recovery from opiate addiction. This is the ideal place to explore how people who struggle due to a chaotic relationship with opiates receive care in the form of therapy, medication, resource identification, healthcare information, parenting, nutrition, cooking, …
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Long term outcomes of methadone substitution therapy (OST-M) for opiate dependency: the effect of patient characteristics and co-morbidities
Aims and objectives<br/>Substance misuse is a chronic relapsing condition associated with high morbidity and mortality. Treatment attempts to reduce harms associated with drug use and to promote recovery and has developed considerably in the last 30 years. Opioid substitution therapy using …
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Evaluation of the impact of the New Jersey Access Initiative mentorship program on drug using behavior in clients with opiate dependence
… and reported illicit drug using behavior for opiate-dependent individuals. Data used in this study were part of a larger project by New Jersey Access Initiative (NJAI). Participants were 2,424 individuals were addicted to opiates. Results indicated that none of the participants reported …
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Experiences and satisfaction with methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) health services: views from a small Ontario city
Addiction to opiates is a complex public health issue affecting thousands of Canadians. Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) is considered the gold standard in Canada, and the world, for treating opiate dependence. In the past, Canadian research into opiate addiction and the effectiveness of MMT …
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Using Marion County, Indiana coroner records and deputy field officer reports to understand heroin and prescription painkiller overdoses
… of longitudinal epidemiological analyses of opiate related fatalities that was implemented in a location where an analysis of opiate-related fatalities had not been conducted, Marion County, Indiana. The purpose of the dissertation was twofold: (1) to describe the demographic characteristics …
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Kappa Opioid Binding Characteristics in Rat Central Nervous System Homogenates (Binding)
Multiple types of opiate receptors have been proposed on the basis of pharmacological and biochemical studies. Mu and delta opiate receptors have been the most widely studied because of the availability of tissues enriched in these specific receptor subtypes and the availability of specific …
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The versatility of counselling psychology in the field of substance misuse
… CM reduced concurrent crack cocaine misuse among opiate maintenance clients at a community drug and alcohol service (NHS). The study employed a quasi experimental design in which twenty-one (n = 21) opiate maintenance clients voluntarily chose to participate in the CM group. The incentive …
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Hormonal and metabolic responses to opioid antagonism during dynamic exercise : influence of exercise intensity
… conducted following the administration of the opiate antagonist naloxone (NAL) (0.1 mg-kg-1 bolus + 0.1 mg-kg-1-·hr-1) or volume matched saline (SAL). Serum glucose was maintained at significantly higher levels at 60 and 90 minutes of exercise in 70% NAL vs 70% SAL. Serum glucose was …
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The Impact of Opioids and Opiates on Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis
Opiate addiction is a growing problem in today's society. Thus, it is of crucial importance that we understand the physiological basis for opiate addiction and the long-term consequences of opiate use in order to develop more effective means of treatment. Chronic morphine and heroin have previously …
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Euphoria: The Transition from Prescription Opioids to Heroin in Kentucky
… find on the streets, users then moved to another opiate, heroin. Since 2012, heroin related overdoses have increased significantly in the Bluegrass State. The purpose of this study is to better understand the transition from prescription opioid abuse to heroin among prior users in the city of …
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"What's the Use of Trying to Read Shakespeare?": Modes of Memory in Virginia Woolf's Fiction and Essays
… of memory operating in Woolf’s work: memory as opiate; memory as political instrument; and memory as dialectic. The first chapter shows the cultural memory of Shakespeare in Woolf’s time as both opiate and instrument, and traces Woolf’s reaction against such reduction in “A Room of One’s Own.” …
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