Viral strategies for targeting cortical circuits that control cocaine-taking and cocaine-seeking in rodents.

Addiction to cocaine is a chronic disease characterized by persistent drug-taking and drug-seeking behaviors, and a high likelihood of relapse. The prefrontal cortex (PFC) has long been implicated in the development of cocaine addiction, and relapse. However, the PFC is a heterogeneous structure, and understanding the role of PFC subdivisions, cell types and afferent/efferent connections is critical for gaining a comprehensive picture of the contribution of the PFC in addiction-related behaviors. Here we provide an update on the role of the PFC in cocaine addiction from recent work that used viral-mediated optogenetic and chemogenetic tools to study the role of the PFC in drug-taking and drug-seeking behavior in rodents. Following overviews of rodent PFC neuroanatomy and of viral-mediated optogenetic and chemogenetic techniques, we review studies of manipulations within the PFC, followed by a review of work that utilized targeted manipulations to PFC inputs and outputs.

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior

• Publication date

  2017-05-25

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/j.pbb.2017.05.009PMID 28552825PMCID PMC5702276
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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