Congratulations to our colleague, Dr Jo Palandri, on her recent publication in the Journal of Psychopharmacology!
The research collaboration between Jo Palandri, Prof Sue Wonnacott and Dr Chris Bailey (University of Bath), Prof David Heal and Dr Sharon Smith (DevelRx) was to investigate the role of nicotinic alpha7 receptors in the rewarding and craving effects of opiates.
Results from Jo’s PhD project describe how hippocampal alpha7 receptors mediate the retrieval reward-associated memories and describe differences between animal models to assess drug liking versus psychological dependence.
Jo’s research findings are available to download in a free access article on the journal website https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0269881121991570) or download here.