Behavioral flexibility impaired after exposure to oxycodone

(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) Brief usage of the painkiller oxycodone may impair behavioral flexibility even after that use ends, suggesting impaired decision-making as an enduring consequence of exposure, according to a study conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published Nov. 17 in the journal Learning and Memory.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news