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Antidepressant use in teens contributes to increased pain sensitivity in adulthood
As scientists seek to understand the long-term effects of antidepressants given to teens, a new study from The University of Texas at El Paso finds that the use of antidepressants, particularly Prozac...
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Common antidepressant may increase pain sensitivity later in life if taken during adolescence www.psypost.org/common-antid...
Common antidepressant may increase pain sensitivity later in life if taken during adolescence
A new animal study shows that adolescent use of fluoxetine, a commonly prescribed antidepressant, may have long-lasting effects on how the brain processes pain. Female mice exposed to the drug display...
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Turns out, two of pain’s most famous messengers — Substance P and CGRPα — might not be so essential after all. Mice missing both still felt pain just fine, challenging decades of assumptions about how pain signals travel. buff.ly/ypISrtx
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Prozac exposure during adolescence increases heat pain sensitivity in adulthood
Psychotropic medication prescription rates, particularly of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor fluoxetine (FLX), are on the rise in the female…
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ERK2 Signaling in the Nucleus Accumbens Facilitates Stress Susceptibility and Cocaine Reinstatement - Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science www.bpsgos.org/article/S266...
ERK2 Signaling in the Nucleus Accumbens Facilitates Stress Susceptibility and Cocaine Reinstatement
Plain Language SummaryThis study highlights a role for ERK2 signaling in the brain’s reward center (nucleus accumbens [NAc]) in influencing behaviors related to depression and drug use. Promoting acti...
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Social defeat stress induces an anxiety-like outcome in male prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)
Abstract. Anxiety-related illnesses constitute one of the leading causes of disability across the globe. Consequently, the need for validated preclinical m
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