Stress-induced reinstatement of drug seeking: 20 years of progress

JR Mantsch, DA Baker, D Funk, AD Lê… - …, 2016 - nature.com
In human addicts, drug relapse and craving are often provoked by stress. Since 1995, this
clinical scenario has been studied using a rat model of stress-induced reinstatement of drug …

Animal models of drug relapse and craving: from drug priming-induced reinstatement to incubation of craving after voluntary abstinence

M Venniro, D Caprioli, Y Shaham - Progress in brain research, 2016 - Elsevier
High rates of relapse to drug use during abstinence is a defining feature of drug addiction. In
abstinent drug users, drug relapse is often precipitated by acute exposure to the self …

The neurobiology of food intake in an obesogenic environment

HR Berthoud - Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 2012 - cambridge.org
The objective of this non-systematic review of the literature is to highlight some of the neural
systems and pathways that are affected by the various intake-promoting aspects of the …

Toward a model of drug relapse: an assessment of the validity of the reinstatement procedure

DH Epstein, KL Preston, J Stewart, Y Shaham - Psychopharmacology, 2006 - Springer
Background and rationale The reinstatement model is widely used to study relapse to drug
addiction. However, the model's validity is open to question. Objective We assess the …

Circuit and synaptic plasticity mechanisms of drug relapse

Y Dong, JR Taylor, ME Wolf… - Journal of Neuroscience, 2017 - Soc Neuroscience
High rates of relapse to drug use during abstinence is a defining feature of human drug
addiction. This clinical scenario has been studied at the preclinical level using different …

Factors modulating the incubation of drug and non-drug craving and their clinical implications

M Venniro, I Reverte, LA Ramsey, KM Papastrat… - Neuroscience & …, 2021 - Elsevier
It was suggested in 1986 that cue-induced cocaine craving increases progressively during
early abstinence and remains high during extended periods of time. Clinical evidence now …

Effect of environmental stressors on opiate and psychostimulant reinforcement, reinstatement and discrimination in rats: a review

L Lu, JD Shepard, FS Hall, Y Shaham - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2003 - Elsevier
Studies in humans suggest that exposure to life stressors is correlated with compulsive drug
abuse and relapse to drugs during periods of abstinence. The behavioral and …

Neurobiology of relapse to heroin and cocaine seeking: an update and clinical implications

JM Bossert, UE Ghitza, L Lu, DH Epstein… - European journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
The central problem in the treatment of cocaine and heroin addiction is high rates of relapse
to drug use after periods of forced or self-imposed abstinence. Relapse can be modeled in …

Selective antagonism at dopamine D3 receptors prevents nicotine-triggered relapse to nicotine-seeking behavior

M Andreoli, M Tessari, M Pilla, E Valerio… - …, 2003 - nature.com
Drugs of abuse, including, nicotine have been shown to enhance brain reward functions in
the mesocortico-limbic dopamine (DA) system in general, and the nucleus accumbens in …

Effect of selective lesions of nucleus accumbens µ-opioid receptor-expressing cells on heroin self-administration in male and female rats: a study with novel Oprm1 …

JM Bossert, CA Mejias-Aponte, T Saunders… - Journal of …, 2023 - Soc Neuroscience
The brain µ-opioid receptor (MOR) is critical for the analgesic, rewarding, and addictive
effects of opioid drugs. However, in rat models of opioid-related behaviors, the circuit …