Opioid Addiction Treatments During Pregnancy and Their Effects on Axonal Growth and Myelination in the Developing Central Nervous System

Treatment with buprenorphine represents a promising alternative for pregnant opioid addicts but there is a need to understand potential effects on nervous system development. We previously showed effects of perinatal exposure to buprenorphine on axonal caliber and myelination in 26-day-old rat corpu...

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Main Author: Magar, Manisha
Format: Others
Published: VCU Scholars Compass 2011
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Online Access:http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/244
http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1243&context=etd