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Calcitonin receptor signal: a potential target for opioid use disorder?

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We thank Dr. Yavin Shaham for comments and edits on the early version of the paper.

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The research was supported by a grant from NIDA [DA047976] (MV).

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  1. Department of Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Rosa A. M. Marino & Marco Venniro

  2. Program in Neuroscience, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Marco Venniro

  3. Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Marco Venniro

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Marino, R.A.M., Venniro, M. Calcitonin receptor signal: a potential target for opioid use disorder?. Neuropsychopharmacol. 48, 1835–1836 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-023-01702-4

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