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Recent updates on incubation of drug craving: a mini‐review
Author(s) -
Li Xuan,
Caprioli Daniele,
Marchant Nathan J.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
addiction biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.445
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1369-1600
pISSN - 1355-6215
DOI - 10.1111/adb.12205
Subject(s) - incubation , craving , drug , psychology , pharmacology , computer science , psychiatry , medicine , addiction , psychotherapist
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 A ddiction B iology 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.