[HTML][HTML] The rising crisis of illicit fentanyl use, overdose, and potential therapeutic strategies

Y Han, W Yan, Y Zheng, MZ Khan, K Yuan… - Translational psychiatry, 2019 - nature.com
Fentanyl is a powerful opioid anesthetic and analgesic, the use of which has caused an
increasing public health threat in the United States and elsewhere. Fentanyl was initially …

Neurocognitive impairments and brain abnormalities resulting from opioid-related overdoses: A systematic review

EL Winstanley, JJ Mahoney III, F Castillo… - Drug and alcohol …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Non-fatal opioid-related overdoses have increased significantly over the past
two decades and there have been increasing reports of brain injuries and/or neurocognitive …

Endogenous opiates and behavior: 2019

RJ Bodnar - Peptides, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper is the forty-second consecutive installment of the annual anthological review of
research concerning the endogenous opioid system, summarizing articles published during …

Opioid-associated amnestic syndrome: description of the syndrome and validation of a proposed definition

JA Barash, J Whitledge, CJ Watson, K Boyle… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective An opioid-associated amnestic syndrome (OAS) characterized by acute onset
memory loss and bilateral hippocampal signal abnormalities on brain imaging in the setting …

An imaging review of the hippocampus and its common pathologies

M Lang, S Colby, C Ashby‐Padial… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The hippocampus is a complex structure located in the mesial temporal lobe that plays a
critical role in cognitive and memory‐related processes. The hippocampal formation consists …

Application of an existing syndromic surveillance system to quantify possible cases of opioid-associated amnestic syndrome in Massachusetts

JA Barash, R Ergas, M Parikh… - Journal of Addiction …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objectives In recent years, an opioid-associated amnestic syndrome (OAS) was identified in
Massachusetts through elicited reporting by health care providers (traditional surveillance …

Neuroimaging findings in CHANTER syndrome: a case series

KS Mallikarjun, MS Parsons… - American Journal …, 2022 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
Recently, a distinct clinicoradiologic entity involving cerebellar, hippocampal, and basal
nuclei transient edema with restricted diffusion (CHANTER) on MR imaging was identified …

Is there a relationship between opioid use and transient global amnesia?

JA Barash, M Parikh, R Ergas… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose Opioid‐associated amnestic syndrome (OAS) and transient global
amnesia (TGA) are conditions with clinical overlap. We therefore sought to determine …

[PDF][PDF] Clinical effectiveness of opioid substitution treatment

SD Khangura, M Walter - Canadian Journal of Health …, 2022 - canjhealthtechnol.ca
AE adverse event DAM diacetylmorphine HAT heroin-assisted therapy HDM
hydromorphone MA meta-analysis MAT medication-assisted treatment NRS non …

[PDF][PDF] Opioid-associated amnestic syndrome

ML Walker, K Patel, T Li, M Kassir, KR Patel - Cureus, 2021 - cureus.com
Opioid-associated amnestic syndrome (OAS) is a relatively new condition that is associated
with opioid abuse and has increased in prevalence since the notable rise in opioid-related …