The present study aimed to test the hypothesis that cues associated with drug‐taking
behavior become extra strong motivators of behavior compared with cues paired with non …

BACKGROUND: In addicts drug cues attract attention, elicit approach, and motivate drug-
seeking and drug-taking behavior, and addicts find it difficult to resist such cues. In …

Cues in the environment associated with drug use draw the attention of addicts, elicit
approach, and motivate drug-seeking and drug-taking behavior, making abstinence difficult …

Rationale Cues associated with rewards bias attention towards them and can motivate drug-
seeking and drug-taking behavior. There is, however, considerable individual variation in …

The incentive sensitization theory of addiction posits that repeated exposure to drugs of
abuse, like cocaine, can lead to long‐term adaptations in the neural circuits that support …

Drug-associated cues can acquire powerful motivational control over the behavior of
addicts, and can contribute to relapse via multiple, dissociable mechanisms. Most preclinical …

Rationale The exact behavioral nature of drug-induced reinstatement of drug seeking is still
debated. As an incentive, the drug can have general facilitatory influences on appetitive …

Recent studies show that when given a mutually exclusive choice between cocaine and
food, rats almost exclusively choose food. The present experiment investigated potential …

Drug-associated cues are believed to be important mediators of addiction and drug relapse.
Although such cues may influence drug-seeking behavior through multiple routes, it is their …

Cocaine addiction is often characterized by a rigid pattern of behavior in which cocaine
users continue seeking and taking drug despite negative consequences associated with its …