Differential roles of the prefrontal cortical subregions and basolateral amygdala in compulsive cocaine seeking and relapse after voluntary abstinence in rats

Compulsive drug use and a persistent vulnerability to relapse are key features of addiction. Imaging studies have suggested that these features may result from deficits in prefrontal cortical structure and function, and thereby impaired top-down inhibitory control over limbic–striatal mechanisms of...

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Main Authors: Pelloux, Yann, Murray, Jennifer E, Everitt, Barry J
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Federation of European Neuroscience Societies and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3910160/