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Friday, January 24, 2020

University of California, Irvine (UCI): Researchers identify a connection between early life adversity and opioid addiction

Title:
Researchers identify a connection between early life adversity and opioid addiction

Short article by:
University of California, Irvine (UCI)

Published:
Medical Xpress, 24 January 2020

From the article:
"Individuals with a history of early life adversity (ELA) are disproportionately prone to opioid addiction. A new UCI-led study reveals why."

To read this article:
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-01-early-life-adversity-opioid-addiction.html

This short article was based on the scholarly article published in Molecular Psychiatry (10 December 2019). 

The title of the scholarly article is:
On the early life origins of vulnerability to opioid addiction.

Authors:
Levis, S.C., Benzley, B.S., Molet, J., Bolton, J.L., Perrone, C.R., Baram, T.Z. & Mahler, S.V.

It can be accessed:
doi: 10.1038/s41380-019-0628-5