Journal of Alcoholism & Drug Dependence

Journal of Alcoholism & Drug Dependence
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ISSN: 2329-6488

Research Article - (2017) Volume 5, Issue 4

Neuroanatomical Relationships between Orexin/Hypocretin-Containing Neurons/Nerve Fibers and Nicotine-Induced c-Fos-Activated Cells of the Reward-Addiction Neurocircuitry

Ozra Dehkordi1,2*, Jed E Rose3, Martha I Dávila-García4, Richard M Millis5, Samar Ali Mirzaei1, Kebreten F Manaye2 and Annapurni Jayam-Trouth1
1Department of Neurology, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
2Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
3Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
4Department of Pharmacology, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
5Department of Medical Physiology, College of Medicine, American University of Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda, West Indies
*Corresponding Author: Ozra Dehkordi, Department of Neurology, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC 20060, USA, Tel: +1 202 865 1978, Fax: +1 202 865 1977 Email:

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