Neurochemical substrates linked to impulsive and compulsive phenotypes in addiction: A preclinical perspective

JA Jones, K Zuhlsdorff, JW Dalley - Journal of Neurochemistry, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Drug compulsion manifests in some but not all individuals and implicates multifaceted
processes including failures in top‐down cognitive control as drivers for the hazardous …

Reduced neural encoding of utility prediction errors in cocaine addiction

AB Konova, AO Ceceli, G Horga, SJ Moeller… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Influential accounts of addiction posit alterations in adaptive behavior driven by deficient
dopaminergic prediction errors (PEs), signaling the discrepancy between actual and …

Cognitive mechanisms underlying decision making involving risk of explicit punishment in male and female rats

LM Truckenbrod, EM Cooper, CA Orsini - Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral …, 2023 - Springer
Individuals engage in the process of risk-based decision making on a daily basis to navigate
various aspects of life. There are, however, individual differences in this form of decision …

Aversion-associated drug and alcohol seeking in females

ME Arnold, JR Schank - Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 2023 - Elsevier
Compulsive drug intake is characterized by the continuation of use regardless of negative
consequences. This is modeled preclinically using procedures where a negative stimulus is …

Chronic cocaine causes age-dependent increases in risky choice in both males and females.

SL Blaes, KG Shimp, SM Betzhold, B Setlow… - Behavioral …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Individuals who use cocaine exhibit maladaptive decision-making, overweighting rewards,
and underweighting potential risks. We previously showed that chronic cocaine self …

Motor impulsivity but not risk-related impulsive choice is associated to drug intake and drug-primed relapse

C Arrondeau, G Urueña-Méndez, L Bellés… - Frontiers in behavioral …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Motor impulsivity and risk-related impulsive choice have been proposed as
vulnerability factors for drug abuse, due to their high prevalence in drug abusers. However …

[PDF][PDF] An overview of commonalities in the mechanisms underlying gambling and substance use disorders

B Singer, P Anselme, MJF Robinson, P Vezina - 2020 - sussex.figshare.com
An overview of commonalities in the mechanisms underlying gambling and substance use
disorders Page 1 An overview of commonalities in the mechanisms underlying gambling …

Reward/Punishment‐Based Decision Making in Rodents

CA Orsini, NW Simon - Current protocols in neuroscience, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Deficits in decision making are at the heart of many psychiatric diseases, such as substance
abuse disorders and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Consequently, rodent models of …

Cocaine intake correlates with risk-taking behavior and affects estrous cycling in female Sprague–Dawley rats

LM Truckenbrod, EM Cooper, AR Wheeler… - Frontiers in Behavioral …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Navigating complex decisions and considering their relative risks and rewards is an
important cognitive ability necessary for survival. However, use of and dependence on illicit …

Touchscreen-based assessment of risky-choice in mice

LR Glover, AF Postle, A Holmes - Behavioural brain research, 2020 - Elsevier
Addictions are characterized by choices made to satisfy the addiction despite the risk it could
produce an adverse consequence. Here, we developed a murine version of a 'risky decision …