Role of olfactory reactions, nociception, and immunoendocrine shifts in addictive disorders

Abstract

The data obtained may provide background for unification of reward circuit and inhibitory control concepts in regulation of addictive behavior. (Am J Addict 2017;26:640-648).

Neuroimmune Pattern in the Comorbidity Between Depression and Alcohol Use Disorder

“…The possibility of increased production of autoantibodies to dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrine, glutamate and opioid receptors is indicated for various forms of drug dependence and depressive disorders. A possible common pathogenetic mechanism that ensures the comorbidity of the addiction syndrome and affective disorders is the reward system [1][2][3][4].…”