January 28, 2020
By Aileen Bailey
Sarah Latchney, assistant professor of neurobiology, has recently been published in Behavioural Brain Research titled, “Indices of dentate gyrus neurogenesis are unaffected immediately after or following withdrawal from morphine self-administration compared to saline self-administering control male rats.”
In this article, Latchney and colleagues examined changes in specific brain regions following exposure to the opiate morphine. Opiates like morphine have a high-abuse potential and if used chronically can alter cognition. This research investigates immediate effects of morphine use and effects following morphine withdrawal to increase understanding of the long-term effects of chronic opiate use.
