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Recent updates on incubation of drug craving: a mini-review

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A mini‐review of three excellent Addiction Biology publications on incubation of drug craving in both human and laboratory animals and several key publications from the past year on behavioral and mechanistic findings related to incubated drug craving.
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Cue-induced drug craving progressively increases after prolonged withdrawal from drug self-administration in laboratory animals, a behavioral phenomenon termed 'incubation of drug craving.' Studies over the years have revealed several important neural mechanisms contributing to incubation of drug craving. In this mini-review, we first discuss three excellent Addiction Biology publications on incubation of drug craving in both human and laboratory animals. We then review several key publications from the past year on behavioral and mechanistic findings related to incubation of drug craving. Cue-induced drug craving progressively increases after prolonged withdrawal from drug self-administration in laboratory animals, a behavioral phenomenon termed 'incubation of drug craving.' Studies over the years have revealed several important neural mechanisms contributing to incubation of drug craving. Here, we first discuss three excellent Addiction Biology publications on incubation of drug craving in both human and laboratory animals. We then review several key publications from the past year on behavioral and mechanistic findings related to incubation of drug craving.

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Synaptic mechanisms underlying persistent cocaine craving

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Animal models of drug relapse and craving: From drug priming-induced reinstatement to incubation of craving after voluntary abstinence.

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Animal models of addiction.

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Incubation of Cue-Induced Craving in Adults Addicted to Cocaine Measured by Electroencephalography

TL;DR: The late positive potential responses to drug cues, indicative of motivated attention, showed a trajectory similar to that reported in animal models, and the subjective assessment of baseline craving did not detect incubation of subjective cue-induced craving.
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Incubation of Cocaine Craving After Intermittent-Access Self-administration: Sex Differences and Estrous Cycle.

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Neuroadaptation. Incubation of cocaine craving after withdrawal.

TL;DR: Behavioural evidence is provided from laboratory animals suggesting that the onset of craving is delayed and that craving does not decay, but rather increases progressively, over a two-month withdrawal period.
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FORMATION OF ACCUMBENS GluR2-LACKING AMPA RECEPTORS MEDIATES INCUBATION OF COCAINE CRAVING

TL;DR: In this paper, a method for ameliorating cue-induced cravings for an addictive substance in abstinent addicts by administering a compound capable of blockade of GluR2-lacking AMPA receptors was proposed.
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Neurobiology of the incubation of drug craving

TL;DR: Recent results that have identified important brain regions involved in the incubation of drug craving in rodents are discussed, as well as evidence for the underlying cellular mechanisms.
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Fos protein expression and cocaine-seeking behavior in rats after exposure to a cocaine self-administration environment

TL;DR: The results suggest that different neural circuits may be involved in the incentive motivational effects of cocaine-paired environmental stimuli versus priming injections and that the anterior cingulate may be part of a common pathway for both.
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Central amygdala ERK signaling pathway is critical to incubation of cocaine craving

TL;DR: The role of the amygdala extracellular signal–regulated kinase (ERK) signaling pathway in the incubation of cocaine craving is explored, suggesting that drug craving incubates over time.
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