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Opioids induce dissociable forms of long-term depression of excitatory inputs to the dorsal striatum.

ABSTRACT: As prescription opioid analgesic abuse rates rise, so does the need to understand the long-term effects of opioid exposure on brain function. The dorsal striatum is an important site for drug-induced neuronal plasticity. We found that exogenously applied and endogenously released opioids induced long-term depression (OP-LTD) of excitatory inputs to the dorsal striatum in mice and rats. Mu and delta OP-LTD, although both being presynaptically expressed, were dissociable in that they summated, differentially occluded endocannabinoid-LTD and inhibited different striatal inputs. Kappa OP-LTD showed a unique subregional expression in striatum. A single in vivo exposure to the opioid analgesic oxycodone disrupted mu OP-LTD and endocannabinoid-LTD, but not delta or kappa OP-LTD. These data reveal previously unknown opioid-mediated forms of long-term striatal plasticity that are differentially affected by opioid analgesic exposure and are likely important mediators of striatum-dependent learning and behavior.

SUBMITTER: Atwood BK

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4163916 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Opioids induce dissociable forms of long-term depression of excitatory inputs to the dorsal striatum.

Atwood Brady K BK Kupferschmidt David A DA Lovinger David M DM

Nature neuroscience 20140223 4

As prescription opioid analgesic abuse rates rise, so does the need to understand the long-term effects of opioid exposure on brain function. The dorsal striatum is an important site for drug-induced neuronal plasticity. We found that exogenously applied and endogenously released opioids induced long-term depression (OP-LTD) of excitatory inputs to the dorsal striatum in mice and rats. Mu and delta OP-LTD, although both being presynaptically expressed, were dissociable in that they summated, dif ...[more]

PMID: 24561996

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Opioids induce dissociable forms of long-term depression of excitatory inputs to the dorsal striatum.

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Opioids induce dissociable forms of long-term depression of excitatory inputs to the dorsal striatum.

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