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A Review of Preclinical Research Demonstrating that Drug and Non-Drug ReinforcersDifferentially Affect Behavior

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N. Kearns, David, A. Gomez-Serrano, Maria, J. Tunstall, Brendan·2011·Current Drug Abuse Reviewse

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This review describes and summarizes current preclinical research revealing important differences between drug and non-drug reinforcers in terms of their effects on behavior. Despite research showing that drugs are not especially strong reinforcers in animals, a number of other behavioral differences potentially relevant to addiction have been reported in studies that have compared drug and non-drug reinforcers. Several of these effects appear only after long-term access to drugs. These include an escalation of drug intake, an increased persistence in responding for the drug, and a decreased sensitivity to the effects of punishers or other suppressors of drug seeking. Further differences between drug and non-drug reinforcers include the effects that reinforcer-paired stimuli have on behavior. Drug cues, as compared to food cues, have been shown to exert greater control over reinforcer-seeking behavior after periods of abstinence. Similarly, behavior previously reinforced by drugs, but not food, has been shown to be susceptible to stress-induced reinstatement after extinction. The behavioral differences between drug and non-drug reinforcers reviewed here may identify special features of drugs that lead to addiction.

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  • Once extinguished, drug-reinforced behaviours are far more susceptible to stress-induced reinstatement than food-reinforced behaviours.

    “once extinguished, drug-reinforced behaviours are far more susceptible to stress-induced reinstatement than food-reinforced behaviours (58).”

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  • Once extinguished, drug-reinforced behaviors are more susceptible to stress-induced reinstatement than food-reinforced behaviors.

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Authors
N. Kearns, D., A. Gomez-Serrano, M., & J. Tunstall, B.
Venue
Current Drug Abuse Reviewse
Published
2011-12-01
Volume
4
Issue
4
Pages
261-269
ISSN
1874-4737 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2020978729
Cited by
22
References
92
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 4 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 3
FWCI
1.31
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Current Drug Abuse Reviews (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA008651)
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 › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords
food reinforcement, drug-seeking behavior, drug cues, food cues, stress, abstinence, addiction
MeSH terms
Animals, Behavior, Animal, Cues, Disease Models, Animal, Drug Evaluation, Preclinical, Humans, Reinforcement, Psychology, Self Administration, Substance-Related Disorders

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