Animal and human laboratory paradigms offer invaluable approaches to study the complex
etiologies and mechanisms of alcohol use disorder (AUD). We contend that human …

Resurgence refers to the relapse of a target behavior following the worsening of a source of
alternative reinforcement that was made available during response elimination. Most …

Persistent substance use despite negative consequences is a key facet of substance use
disorder. The last decade has seen the preclinical field adopt the use of punishment to …

Abstract The Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHR) strain was developed through
selective breeding for high systolic blood pressure. In our laboratory, we established a …

We tested the effects of chronic stress on cocaine relapse after drug-reinforced responding
was suppressed by punishment, an animal model of human relapse after self-imposed …

Resurgence is an increase in the rate of a previously suppressed behavior that occurs when
an alternative source of reinforcement is made worse in some way. The Resurgence as …

This is a review of the relation between operant response resurgence and behavioral
contrast. Both are defined by rate changes in a target response as a function of …

This pilot study aimed to examine voluntary abstinence from, and relapse of, ethanol
seeking following removal of alternative nondrug reinforcement using a concurrent-chains …

Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) are an impactful problem characterized by chronic relapse
and engagement in drug‐related behaviors at the expense of non‐drug behaviors. Brain …

Applied behavior analysis uses scientifically derived methods to create treatments for
socially significant behaviors. A threat to these successful treatments is the recurrence of …