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Peyton Westbo

Texas A&M Health Science Center

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Alcohol and Opioids Modulate Excitatory Inputs to the SCN

William Purvines, Valerie Vierkant, Peyton Westbo, Xuehua Wang, Jeff R. Jones, David J. Earnest, Jun Wang

This study shows that alcohol and opioids modulate glutamatergic input to the SCN, revealing the SCN as a target of depressant substances and highlighting glutamatergic transmission as a vulnerability in circadian dysregulation.

bioRxiv · May 4, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience