Rationale Social interaction during drug exposure can potentiate cocaine reward. Isolation
rearing (ISO) during adolescence increases social interaction and may amplify this …

Drug dependence is a serious health and social problem. Social factors can modify
vulnerability to developing drug dependence, acting as risk factors or protective factors …

Psychostimulant addiction, most notably cocaine and amphetamine-type stimulants are an
important public health problem worldwide. It appears that social factors may influence the …

The use of home-based image sensors for biological and environmental monitoring
provides novel insight into health and development but it is difficult to evaluate people …

Rationale Stimulant use, including cocaine, often occurs in a social context whose influence
is important to understand to decrease intake and reduce associated harms. Although the …

Rational Smoking typically begins during adolescence or early adulthood in a social context,
yet the role of social context in animal models is poorly understood. Objectives The present …

Although drug rewards and natural rewards share neural substrates, the neuronal activation
patterns and mechanisms behind the interaction between cocaine and social reward are …

Background: One challenge in the treatment of substance use disorders is to re-engage the
interest toward non-drug-related activities. Among these activities, social interaction has had …

We investigated if counterconditioning with dyadic (ie, one-to-one) social interaction, a
strong inhibitor of the subsequent reacquisition of cocaine conditioned place preference …

Interaction with social peers may increase rates of drug self-administration, but a recent
study from our laboratory showed that social interaction may serve as a type of alternative …