TY - JOUR PY - 2022// TI - Chronicity of repeated blast traumatic brain injury associated increase in oxycodone seeking in rats JO - Behavioural brain research A1 - Chiariello, Rachel A1 - McCarthy, Cassandra A1 - Glaeser, Breanna L. A1 - Shah, Alok S. A1 - Budde, Matthew D. A1 - Stemper, Brian D. A1 - Olsen, Christopher M. SP - e114181 EP - e114181 VL - 438 IS - N2 - Numerous epidemiological studies have found co-morbidity between non-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and substance misuse in both civilian and military populations. Preclinical studies have also identified this relationship for some misused substances. We have previously demonstrated that repeated blast traumatic brain injury (rbTBI) increased oxycodone seeking without increasing oxycodone self-administration, suggesting that the neurological sequelae of traumatic brain injury can elevate opioid misuse liability. Here, we determined the chronicity of this effect by testing different durations of time between injury and oxycodone self-administration and durations of abstinence. We found that the subchronic (four weeks), but not the acute (three days) or chronic (four months) duration between injury and oxycodone self-administration was associated with increased drug seeking and re-acquisition of self-administration following a 10-day abstinence. Examination of other abstinence durations (two days, four weeks, or four months) revealed no effect of rbTBI on drug seeking at any of the abstinence durations tested. Together, these data indicate that there is a window of vulnerability after TBI when oxycodone self-administration is associated with elevated drug seeking and relapse-related behaviors.

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LA - en SN - 0166-4328 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2022.114181 ID - ref1 ER -