Introduction: Opioid use disorder is a chronic illness with significant morbidity and mortality. Opioid agonists, like buprenorphine, are commonly used to prevent relapse. Recent changes in buprenorphine legislation are expected to increase prescription and guidelines recommend its continuation during the perioperative period for many patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCanine mammary carcinomas (CMC) are associated with major aggressive clinical behavior and high mortality. The current standard of care is based on surgical resection, without an established effective treatment scheme, highlighting the urgent need to develop novel effective therapies. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a key regulator of tumor angiogenesis and progression in the majority of solid cancers, including human and canine mammary carcinomas.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose Of Review: Postoperative pain continues to be one of the most common challenges following surgeries. Multimodal analgesia has been of particular focus as non-opioid alternatives have been encouraged due to concerns of the opioid epidemic. Ketamine has been an especially useful adjunct in multimodal pain regimens within the past few decades.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMechanosensory feedback of the internal reproductive state drives decisions about when and where to reproduce. For instance, stretch in the Drosophila reproductive tract produced by artificial distention or from accumulated eggs regulates the attraction to acetic acid to ensure optimal oviposition. How such mechanosensory feedback modulates neural circuits to coordinate reproductive behaviors is incompletely understood.
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