What gene changes and blood could tell us about the opioid crisis
A new, large-scale research study from the University of California, Irvine will look at the ways in which adversity in children can contribute to opioid addiction.
“What happens upon using opioid drugs might be different between people who had scarcity of resources or chaotic environments as children and those who didn’t,” said Stephen Mahler, associate professor of neurobiology & behavior and a fellow in the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. “This could account for why some people become addicted to these drugs, while others don’t.”