Opiate versus psychostimulant addiction: the differences do matter

A Badiani, D Belin, D Epstein, D Calu… - Nature reviews …, 2011 - nature.com
The publication of the psychomotor stimulant theory of addiction in 1987 and the finding that
addictive drugs increase dopamine concentrations in the rat mesolimbic system in 1988 …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of sex and gonadal hormones on cocaine and food reinforcement paradigms

KA Kerstetter, TE Kippin - Journal of addiction research & therapy, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Men and women express sexually dimorphic patterns of cocaine abuse, such that women
progress faster from initially trying cocaine to becoming dependent upon the drug and …

Sensitivity to rewarding or aversive effects of methamphetamine determines methamphetamine intake

S Shabani, CS McKinnon, C Reed… - Genes, Brain and …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Amphetamines have rewarding and aversive effects. Relative sensitivity to these effects may
be a better predictor of vulnerability to addiction than sensitivity to one of these effects alone …

Effects of lidocaine-induced inactivation of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, the central or the basolateral nucleus of the amygdala on the opponent-process …

JM Wenzel, SA Waldroup, ZM Haber, ZI Su… - …, 2011 - Springer
Rationale In addition to its rewarding actions, cocaine has profound negative effects that are
unmasked as the rewarding impact of the drug fades. While much is known about the …

The interplay between brain 5-hydroxytryptamine levels and cocaine addiction

LJP Nonkes, IPG Van Bussel… - Behavioural …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Cocaine addiction is a major health problem that affects millions of people. Cocaine acts by
inhibiting dopamine, noradrenaline and serotonin [5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)] reuptake …

Inactivation of the dorsal raphe nucleus reduces the anxiogenic response of rats running an alley for intravenous cocaine

A Ettenberg, OA Ofer, CL Mueller, S Waldroup… - Pharmacology …, 2011 - Elsevier
Rats traversing a straight alley once a day for delivery of a single iv injection of cocaine
develop over trials an ambivalence about entering the goal box. This ambivalence is …

Comparison of self-administration behavior and responsiveness to drug-paired cues in rats running an alley for intravenous heroin and cocaine

ZI Su, J Wenzel, R Baird, A Ettenberg - Psychopharmacology, 2011 - Springer
Rationale Evidence suggests that responsiveness to a drug-paired cue is predicted by the
reinforcing magnitude of the drug during prior self-administration. It remains unclear …

Stimulant self-administration

LV Panlilio - Animal models of drug addiction, 2011 - Springer
Stimulants such as cocaine and the amphetamines are widely abused due to their
rewarding effects. Much of what we know about drug abuse and drug reward comes from …

Dopamine and Norepinephrine Transporter Inhibition in Cocaine Addiction: Using Mice Expressing Cocaine-Insensitive Transporters

BJ Martin - 2011 - rave.ohiolink.edu
Cocaine's effects are predominately mediated by inhibiting the reuptake transporters for
dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine. How each of these transporters contributes to …

Affective responses in cocaine-experienced rats reveal cue-induced drug craving and cocaine reward magnitude

EY Maier - 2011 - repositories.lib.utexas.edu
The development and persistence of cocaine dependence are greatly influenced by
emotional affect and cocaine associative learning. Cocaine is known to enhance nucleus …