Furman University

People who use drugs as frontline responders: Rethinking overdose response training through lived experience

Background The United States continues to experience an unprecedented overdose crisis driven by synthetic opioids such as fentanyl and the increasing adulteration of the drug supply with substances including xylazine. Although overdose education and naloxone/Narcan distribution (...

Sex differences in hedonic feeding and characterizing the effects of antibiotic-induced microbiome disruption

Abstract Background Obesity continues to be a public health issue in our country. Additionally, there continues to be a higher incidence of severe obesity for women compared to men. Among the proposed causes of obesity is increased hedonic feeding: food intake driven by pleasure...

Experimentally Manipulating Dream Content by Reactivating a Remote Emotional Memory

Abstract Sleep and dreaming have long been hypothesized to serve a functional role in emotion regulation. Here, we investigated how reactivating highly emotional autobiographical memories prior to sleep affects dream content and subsequent emotional appraisal of these memories. P...