Environmental enrichment facilitates cocaine-cue extinction, deters reacquisition of cocaine self-administration and alters AMPAR GluA1 expression and phosphorylation [PDF]
, 2015 This study investigated the combination of environmental enrichment (EE) with cocaine‐cue extinction training on reacquisition of cocaine self‐administration.
Dhonnchadha, Brid Aine Nic +5 more
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Self-administration of edible Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol and associated behavioral effects in mice [PDF]
, 2019 Background With increasing access to legal cannabis across the globe, it is imperative to more closely study its behavioral and physiological effects.
Boehm, Stephen L., II +3 more
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Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2023 Drugs of abuse activate neuroimmune signaling in addiction-related regions of the brain, including the prefrontal cortex (PFC) which mediates executive control, attention, and behavioral inhibition.
Erin K. Nagy +6 more
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Adolescent D-amphetamine treatment in a rodent model of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: impact on cocaine abuse vulnerability in adulthood [PDF]
, 2016 RATIONALE: Stimulant medications for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adolescents remain controversial with respect to later development of cocaine abuse.
Dwoskin, Linda P. +3 more
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Biomedicines, 2023 Depression is a psychiatric disorder characterized by a marked decrease in reward sensitivity. By using the olfactory bulbectomy (OBX) model of depression, it was shown that OBX rats display enhanced drug-taking and seeking behaviors in a self ...
Liana Fattore +3 more
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Blockade of alpha 2-adrenergic receptors in prelimbic cortex: impact on cocaine self-administration in adult spontaneously hypertensive rats following adolescent atomoxetine treatment [PDF]
, 2017 RATIONALE: Research with the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) model of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder demonstrated that chronic methylphenidate treatment during adolescence increased cocaine self-administration established during adulthood ...
Baskin, Britahny M. +3 more
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Brain Sciences, 2023 Studies have demonstrated that the α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid (AMPA) receptor is essential to drug addiction. In this study, we explored the influence of GluR2-3Y, an interfering peptide to prevent the endocytosis of AMPA ...
Jianjun Zhang +4 more
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mGluR5 antagonism inhibits cocaine reinforcement and relapse by elevation of extracellular glutamate in the nucleus accumbens via a CB1 receptor mechanism. [PDF]
, 2018 Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) antagonism inhibits cocaine self-administration and reinstatement of drug-seeking behavior. However, the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying this action are poorly understood.
Bi, Guo-Hua +9 more
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Exceptional Repositioning of Dog Dewormer: Fenbendazole Fever
Current Issues in Molecular Biology, 2022 Fenbendazole (FZ) is a benzimidazole carbamate drug with broad-spectrum antiparasitic activity in humans and animals. The mechanism of action of FZ is associated with microtubular polymerization inhibition and glucose uptake blockade resulting in reduced
Tania Sultana +4 more
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Cocaine self-administration in the mouse: A low-cost, chronic catheter preparation [PDF]
, 2012 Intravenous drug self-administration is the most valid animal model of human addiction because it allows volitional titration of the drug in the blood based on an individual’s motivational state together with the pharmacokinetic properties of the ...
Brian Cadle +4 more
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