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Relapse after intermittent access to cocaine: Discriminative cues more effectively trigger drug seeking than do conditioned cues

Author(s): Ndiaye NA; Shamleh SA; Casale D; Castaneda-Ouellet S; Laplante I; Robinson MJF; Samaha AN;

Rationale: When people with drug addiction encounter cues associated with drug use, this can trigger cravings and relapse. These cues can include conditioned stimuli (CSs) signaling drug delivery and discriminative stimuli (DSs) signaling drug availability. Compared to CS effects, DS effects are ...

Article GUID: 38767684


Neurotensin in the nucleus accumbens reverses dopamine supersensitivity evoked by antipsychotic treatment.

Author(s): Servonnet A, Minogianis EA, Bouchard C, Bédard AM, Lévesque D, Rompré PP, Samaha AN

Neuropharmacology. 2017 Sep 01;123:10-21 Authors: Servonnet A, Minogianis EA, Bouchard C, Bédard AM, Lévesque D, Rompré PP, Samaha AN

Article GUID: 28522313


Varying the rate of intravenous cocaine infusion influences the temporal dynamics of both drug and dopamine concentrations in the striatum

Author(s): Minogianis EA; Shams WM; Mabrouk OS; Wong JT; Brake WG; Kennedy RT; du Souich P; Samaha AN;

The faster drugs of abuse reach the brain, the greater is the risk of addiction. Even small differences in the rate of drug delivery can influence outcome. Infusing cocaine intravenously over 5 vs. 90-100 s promotes sensitization to the psychomotor and incentive motivational effects of the drug a ...

Article GUID: 29757478


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