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Direct linkRebec, George V.; Sun, WenLin – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2005
The return to drug seeking, even after prolonged periods of abstinence, is a defining feature of cocaine addiction. The neural circuitry underlying relapse has been identified in neuropharmacological studies of experimental animals, typically rats, and supported in brain imaging studies of human addicts. Although the nucleus accumbens (NAcc),…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Neurology, Cues, Cocaine
