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Addictive Drugs and Brain Stimulation Reward

Wise, R A·1996·Annual Review of Neuroscience

Abstract

Direct electrical or chemical stimulation of specific brain regions can establish response habits similar to those established by natural rewards such as food or sexual contact. Cocaine, mu and delta opiates, nicotine, phencyclidine, and cannabis each have actions that summate with rewarding electrical stimulation of the medial forebrain bundle (MFB). The reward-potentiating effects of amphetamine and opiates are associated with central sites of action where these drugs also have their direct rewarding effects, suggesting common mechanisms for drug reward per se and for drug potentiation of brain stimulation reward. The central sites at which these and perhaps other drugs of abuse potentiate brain stimulation reward and are rewarding in their own right are consistent with the hypothesis that the laboratory reward of brain stimulation and the pharmacological rewards of addictive drugs are habit forming because they act in the brain circuits that subserve more natural and biologically significant rewards.

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Authors
Wise, R. A.
Affiliations
Concordia University (CA)
Corresponding author
Wise, R A
Venue
Annual Review of Neuroscience
Published
1996-03
Volume
19
Issue
1
Pages
319-340
ISSN
  • 0147-006X (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-4126
OpenAlex
W1988659186
Cited by
792
References
111
Citations by year
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FWCI
10.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Annual Review of Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Keywords
brain stimulation reward, drug addiction, medial forebrain bundle, cocaine, opiates, nicotine, phencyclidine, cannabis, amphetamine, habit formation, reward systems, electrical brain stimulation
MeSH terms
Animals, Brain, Brain Mapping, Cannabinoids, Electric Stimulation, Humans, Narcotics, Nicotine, Phencyclidine, Reward, Self Stimulation, Substance-Related Disorders

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