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ArticleNeuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology2026

Acetazolamide inhibition of carbonic anhydrase 4 reverses opioid-induced synaptic rearrangements in nucleus accumbens and reduces drug-seeking behavior.

Subhash C Gupta, Rebecca J Taugher-Hebl, Ali Ghobbeh, Marshal T Jahnke, Rong Fan, Ryan T LaLumiere, John A Wemmie

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Article in Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Subhash C GuptaDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4660-4649
Rebecca J Taugher-HeblDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6710-984X
Ali GhobbehDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Marshal T JahnkeDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Rong FanDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Ryan T LaLumiereInterdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1235-0521
John A WemmieDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA. john-wemmie@uiowa.edu.

Funding

Novel mechanisms for correcting opioid-induced synaptic abnormalitiesR01DA052953 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI WEMMIE, JOHN A · 2021 to 2025
$2.3M
BLRD VA I01 BX004440NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA052953University of Iowa (UI) Roy J. Carver Charitable TrustU.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) 5R01DA037216U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) DA048055U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) DA049139U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) R01DA052953U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Department of Veterans Affairs) Merit Award, IO1BX004440
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Persistent vulnerability to drug-seeking is driven by enduring synaptic adaptations, yet current μ-opioid receptor-targeting pharmacotherapies provide limited efficacy against these neuroadaptations. Thus, there is a critical need for mechanistically distinct, non-opioid interventions. We recently found that carbonic anhydrase 4 (CA4) disruption reduces cocaine-induced synaptic adaptations and drug-seeking. Building on this foundation, we sought to determine whether deleting CA4 or pharmacological inhibition with acetazolamide (AZD), a clinically employed carbonic anhydrase inhibitor-could mitigate opioid withdrawal-associated plasticity and thus might reduce relapse vulnerability. We studied synaptic and behavioral adaptations to withdrawal from oxycodone in mice and found that prolonged withdrawal from oxycodone increased the AMPAR/NMDAR ratio and promoted synaptic incorporation of Ca

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AcetazolamideAnalgesics, OpioidCarbonic Anhydrase InhibitorsDrug-Seeking BehaviorNucleus AccumbensSynapsesAnimalsMaleMedium Spiny NeuronsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutNeuronal PlasticityOxycodoneSubstance Withdrawal SyndromeAcetazolamideAnalgesics, OpioidCarbonic Anhydrase InhibitorsOxycodone

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PMID41565998
PMCPMC13291229

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