Paternal morphine self-administration produces object recognition memory deficits in female, but not male offspring.
Alexandra S EllisAndre B ToussaintMelissa C KnouseArthur S ThomasAngela R BongiovanniHannah L MayberryShivam BhaktaKyle PeerDebra A BangasserMathieu E WimmerPublished in: Psychopharmacology (2020)
Our findings demonstrate that paternal morphine taking produces sex-specific and selective impairments in object recognition memory while leaving hippocampal function largely intact.