Those attending US-ASP, Jessica Higginbotham and Yolanda Campos-Jurado from the lab will be presenting their data in sex-dependent effects of pain induced facilitation of fentanyl intake and pain impact on alcohol drinking behavior, respectively.

👀🗣️ Check these posters out today at Session C: #74, Protective role of estrogen in pain-induced adaptations to ventral tegmental area dopamine neuron activity underlying sex-specific patterns of opioid use by Jessica Higginbotham et al US Association for the Study of Pain AND… 1/2

Congrats to my awesome undergrad, Julian! 🥳💪🏼👏🏼

Our first paper on the impact of pain on alcohol drinking behavior showing concentration- and sex-dependent effects. Work done by the amazing Yol journals.lww.com/painrpts/Fullt…

In our new study we provide a novel treatment for fentanyl induced respiratory depression without unwanted effects which may change the way we manage overdoses. Word led by Brian Ruyle in the lab. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Our new work on the use of peripheral restricted antagonists to prevent and rescue fentanyl induced respiratory depression without unwanted side effects such as aversive behavior is out now! Great work by lead author Brian Ruyle elifesciences.org/for-the-press/…

Online now: Estradiol protects against pain-facilitated fentanyl use via suppression of opioid-evoked dopamine activity in males dlvr.it/TJRN3Z

Estradiol protects against pain-facilitated fentanyl use via suppression of opioid-evoked dopamine activity in males - ScienceDirect. New lab work published in ⁦Neuron⁩! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Highly recommended paper!! Congratulations Jose Moron-Concepcion. 's team!! Female sex hormone protects against opioid misuse, rat study finds medicine.washu.edu/news/female-se… vía @wustlmed

Female sex hormone protects against opioid misuse, rat study finds – WashU Medicine. And here is WashU ⁦WashU Office of Neuroscience Research⁩ ⁦WashU Medicine Neuroscience⁩ press release! medicine.washu.edu/news/female-se…

Congrats Jessica Higginbotham Jose Moron-Concepcion. and team! Huge achievement with this paper. Lots of work and great approaches to assess sex-specific impact of pain on fentanyl intake and dopaminergic activity. Give it a good read 👇 cell.com/neuron/fulltex…

Read this #EditorsPick from #PapersoftheWeek from Jessica Higginbotham et al. and Neuron showing evidence that estradiol protects against fentanyl use in male rats through suppression of fentanyl-evoked VTA dopamine bit.ly/4bGLgjd #PRF

Read this #EditorsPick from #PapersoftheWeek from Jessica Higginbotham et al. and Neuron showing evidence that estradiol protects against fentanyl use in male rats through suppression of fentanyl-evoked VTA dopamine bit.ly/4bGLgjd #PRF

Jessica Higginbotham, postdoc in the Jose Moron-Concepcion. Lab, shared research on how estradiol protects against pain-facilitated fentanyl intake at the NIDAnews Women & Sex Differences Workgroup yesterday! Learn more about Jessica Higginbotham's work via WashU Medicine: medicine.washu.edu/news/female-se…

So honored to have our work highlighted in The Scientist. the-scientist.com/female-sex-hor… Jessica Higginbotham