Improving translation of animal models of addiction and relapse by reverse translation

M Venniro, ML Banks, M Heilig, DH Epstein… - Nature Reviews …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Critical features of human addiction are increasingly being incorporated into complementary
animal models, including escalation of drug intake, punished drug seeking and taking …

Sex differences in opioid and psychostimulant craving and relapse: a critical review

C Nicolas, NE Zlebnik, M Farokhnia, L Leggio… - Pharmacological …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
A widely held dogma in the preclinical addiction field is that females are more vulnerable
than males to drug craving and relapse. Here, we first review clinical studies on sex …

Animal models of drug relapse and craving after voluntary abstinence: a review

I Fredriksson, M Venniro, DJ Reiner, JJ Chow… - Pharmacological …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Relapse to drug use during abstinence is a defining feature of addiction. During the last
several decades, this clinical scenario has been studied at the preclinical level using classic …

Opioid craving does not incubate over time in inpatient or outpatient treatment studies: Is the preclinical incubation of craving model lost in translation?

CL Bergeria, CD Gipson, KE Smith, WW Stoops… - Neuroscience & …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Within addiction science, incubation of craving is an operational label used to describe time-
dependent increases in drug seeking during periods of drug deprivation. The purpose of this …

The protective effect of social reward on opioid and psychostimulant reward and relapse: behavior, pharmacology, and brain regions

M Venniro, RAM Marino, JJ Chow, D Caprioli… - Journal of …, 2022‏ - jneurosci.org
Until recently, most modern neuroscience research on addiction using animal models did
not incorporate manipulations of social factors. Social factors play a critical role in human …

Factors modulating the incubation of drug and non-drug craving and their clinical implications

M Venniro, I Reverte, LA Ramsey, KM Papastrat… - Neuroscience & …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
It was suggested in 1986 that cue-induced cocaine craving increases progressively during
early abstinence and remains high during extended periods of time. Clinical evidence now …

Insular cortex subregions have distinct roles in cued heroin seeking after extinction learning and prolonged withdrawal in rats

MS McGregor, CV Cosme, RT LaLumiere - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2024‏ - nature.com
Evidence indicates that the anterior (aIC), but not posterior (pIC), insular cortex promotes
cued reinstatement of cocaine seeking after extinction in rats. It is unknown whether these …

Characterization of operant social interaction in rats: effects of access duration, effort, peer familiarity, housing conditions, and choice between social interaction vs …

JJ Chow, NJ Beacher, JM Chabot, M Oke… - …, 2022‏ - Springer
Rationale and objective Social factors play a critical role in drug addiction. We recently
showed that rats will abstain from methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, and remifentanil self …

Lavender aromatherapy: A systematic review from essential oil quality and administration methods to cognitive enhancing effects

E Malloggi, D Menicucci, V Cesari… - … : Health and Well …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Modern society is reviving the practice of aromatherapy, and lavender is reported being the
most worldwide purchased plant for essential oil (EO) extraction. Since recent studies …

Sex-and dose-dependent differences in the development of an addiction-like phenotype following extended-access fentanyl self-administration

EB Towers, B Setaro, WJ Lynch - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a major epidemic in the United States, and fentanyl is a major
culprit. The National Institute on Drug Abuse has highlighted an urgent need for research on …