Oxytocin modulates behavioral economic and dopaminergic measures of motivation to seek intravenous oxycodone in rats
Harrison L. Blount, Madison Gits, Elizabeth A. Colley, Jennifer Kang, Courtney S. Wilkinson, Marek Schwendt, Lori A. Knackstedt
This study examines how oxytocin affects opioid seeking and dopamine signaling in rats, finding sex-specific effects on motivation and dopamine release during oxycodone self-administration.
bioRxiv · Oct 19, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience