Author: Tinu Oladapo
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Drinking and DNA: How Epigenetic Modifications Reinforce Alcohol Dependency
Alcohol dependency is not only restricted to behaviour. Epigenetic modifications such as histone acetylation implicate specific metabolic factors in neural functions that drive addictive behaviour in alcohol dependency (Berkel and Pandey 2017). Histones are proteins around which DNA is wrapped to form chromatins. At the tails of histones, they possess lysine residues which can be acetylated.…
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What is Naloxone – and More Importantly, How Does It Work?
The ongoing opioid epidemic continues to be a public health concern in Canada and many other parts of the world, fuelled by both prescription and illegally obtained opioids (Belzak and Halverson 2018). Naloxone, generally known by its brand name Narcan, is the most commonly used medication that is administered during opioid overdose emergencies (Theriot et…