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Differential behavioral and molecular alterations upon protracted abstinence from cocaine versus morphine, nicotine, THC and alcohol: Abstinence across drugs

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Becker, Jérôme A.J., Kieffer, Brigitte L., Le Merrer, Julie·2017·Addiction Biology

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Unified theories of addiction are challenged by differing drug-seeking behaviors and neurobiological adaptations across drug classes, particularly for narcotics and psychostimulants. We previously showed that protracted abstinence to opiates leads to despair behavior and social withdrawal in mice, and we identified a transcriptional signature in the extended amygdala that was also present in animals abstinent from nicotine, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and alcohol. Here we examined whether protracted abstinence to these four drugs would also share common behavioral features, and eventually differ from abstinence to the prototypic psychostimulant cocaine. We found similar reduced social recognition, increased motor stereotypies and increased anxiety with relevant c-fos response alterations in morphine, nicotine, THC and alcohol abstinent mice. Protracted abstinence to cocaine, however, led to strikingly distinct, mostly opposing adaptations at all levels, including behavioral responses, neuronal activation and gene expression. Together, these data further document the existence of common hallmarks for protracted abstinence to opiates, nicotine, THC and alcohol that develop within motivation/emotion brain circuits. In our model, however, these do not apply to cocaine, supporting the notion of unique mechanisms in psychostimulant abuse.

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Authors
Becker, J. A. J., Kieffer, B. L., & Le Merrer, J.
Affiliations
  • Université de Tours (FR)
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
  • Médecine Translationelle et Neurogénétique, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, INSERM U-964, CNRS UMR-7104; Université de Strasbourg; France
Corresponding author
Becker, Jérôme A.J.
Venue
Addiction Biology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2016-04-28
Volume
22
Issue
5
Pages
1205-1217
ISSN
1355-6215 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2344104685
Cited by
77
References
85
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 1
FWCI
4.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Addiction Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
  • Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale
  • Université de Strasbourg (16658, 005010)
  • Institut de Recherches Scientifiques sur les Boissons (IREB)
  • National Institutes of Health
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
Keywords
cocaine, morphine, nicotine, tetrahydrocannabinol, alcohol, psychostimulants, opiates, social recognition, social withdrawal, anxiety, motor stereotypies, c-fos, extended amygdala, gene expression
MeSH terms
Ethanol, Amygdala, Analgesics, Opioid, Animals, Anxiety, Behavior, Animal, Brain, Central Nervous System Depressants, Cocaine, Emotions, Male, Morphine, Motivation, Nicotine, Social Behavior, Stereotyped Behavior, Substance Withdrawal Syndrome, Dronabinol, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos, Nicotinic Agonists, Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors, Mice, Drug-Seeking Behavior, Cannabinoid Receptor Agonists, Alcohol Abstinence

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