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 …

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 …

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 …

Preventing incubation of drug craving to treat drug relapse: from bench to bedside

X Liu, K Yuan, T Lu, X Lin, W Zheng, Y Xue, J Shi… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract In 1986, Gawin and Kleber reported a progressive increase in cue-induced drug
craving in individuals with cocaine use disorders during prolonged abstinence. After years of …

Role of projections between piriform cortex and orbitofrontal cortex in relapse to fentanyl seeking after palatable food choice-induced voluntary abstinence

DJ Reiner, OM Lofaro, SV Applebey, H Korah… - Journal of …, 2020 - jneurosci.org
We recently developed a rat model of relapse to drug seeking after food choice-induced
voluntary abstinence. Here, we used this model to study the role of the orbitofrontal cortex …

Dopamine transmission at D1 and D2 receptors in the nucleus accumbens contributes to the expression of incubation of cocaine craving

SJ Weber, AB Kawa, MM Beutler, HM Kuhn… - …, 2025 - nature.com
Relapse represents a consistent clinical problem for individuals with substance use
disorder. In the incubation of craving model of persistent craving and relapse, cue-induced …

Increased heroin intake and relapse vulnerability in intermittent relative to continuous self‐administration: sex differences in rats

G D'Ottavio, I Reverte, D Ragozzino… - British journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Purpose Studies using intermittent‐access drug self‐administration show
increased motivation to take and seek cocaine and fentanyl, relative to continuous access. In …

Incubation of palatable food craving is associated with brain-wide neuronal activation in mice

R Madangopal, ER Szelenyi, J Nguyen… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - pnas.org
Studies using rodent models have shown that relapse to drug or food seeking increases
progressively during abstinence, a behavioral phenomenon termed “incubation of craving.” …

Persistent neuroadaptations in the nucleus accumbens core accompany incubation of methamphetamine craving in male and female rats

JR Funke, EK Hwang, AM Wunsch, R Baker… - eneuro, 2023 - eneuro.org
Relapse is a major problem in treating methamphetamine use disorder.“Incubation of
craving” during abstinence is a rat model for persistence of vulnerability to craving and …

Longing to act: Bayesian inference as a framework for craving in behavioral addiction

KR Kulkarni, M O'Brien, X Gu - Addictive behaviors, 2023 - Elsevier
Traditionally, craving is considered a defining feature of drug addiction. Accumulating
evidence suggests that craving can also exist in behavioral addictions (eg, gambling …