Behavioral and neurobiological mechanisms of pavlovian and instrumental extinction learning

ME Bouton, S Maren, GP McNally - Physiological reviews, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
This article reviews the behavioral neuroscience of extinction, the phenomenon in which a
behavior that has been acquired through Pavlovian or instrumental (operant) learning …

The nucleus accumbens: mechanisms of addiction across drug classes reflect the importance of glutamate homeostasis

MD Scofield, JA Heinsbroek, CD Gipson… - Pharmacological …, 2016 - Elsevier
The nucleus accumbens is a major input structure of the basal ganglia and integrates
information from cortical and limbic structures to mediate goal-directed behaviors. Chronic …

The nucleus accumbens: a comprehensive review

S Salgado, MG Kaplitt - Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery, 2015 - karger.com
There is increasing interest among functional neurosurgeons in the potential for novel
therapies to impact upon diseases beyond movement disorders and pain. A target of …

The ventral pallidum: Subregion-specific functional anatomy and roles in motivated behaviors

DH Root, RI Melendez, L Zaborszky, TC Napier - Progress in neurobiology, 2015 - Elsevier
The ventral pallidum (VP) plays a critical role in the processing and execution of motivated
behaviors. Yet this brain region is often overlooked in published discussions of the …

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 …

Neurobiology of the incubation of drug craving

CL Pickens, M Airavaara, F Theberge, S Fanous… - Trends in …, 2011 - cell.com
It was suggested in 1986 that cue-induced drug craving in cocaine addicts progressively
increases over the first several weeks of abstinence and remains high for extended periods …

The reinstatement model of drug relapse: recent neurobiological findings, emerging research topics, and translational research

JM Bossert, NJ Marchant, DJ Calu, Y Shaham - Psychopharmacology, 2013 - Springer
Background and rationale Results from many clinical studies suggest that drug relapse and
craving are often provoked by acute exposure to the self-administered drug or related drugs …

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 …

Formation of accumbens GluR2-lacking AMPA receptors mediates incubation of cocaine craving

KL Conrad, KY Tseng, JL Uejima, JM Reimers… - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
Relapse to cocaine use after prolonged abstinence is an important clinical problem. This
relapse is often induced by exposure to cues associated with cocaine use. To account for …

Infralimbic prefrontal cortex is responsible for inhibiting cocaine seeking in extinguished rats

J Peters, RT LaLumiere, PW Kalivas - Journal of Neuroscience, 2008 - Soc Neuroscience
The rat prelimbic prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens core are critical for initiating
cocaine seeking. In contrast, the neural circuitry responsible for inhibiting cocaine seeking …