Wednesday 19 November 2014

Oxycodone Exposure Causes Impaired Cognitive Flexibility

According to a study conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, usage of the painkiller oxycodone even for a short time may impair behavioral flexibility even after that use ends, suggesting impaired decision-making as an enduring consequence. The study was published on November 17, in the journal iLearning and Memory/i. The Mount Sinai study investigated behavioral flexibility, the ability to select new responses when otherwise familiar circumstances ...

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