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The Journal of Neuroscience, November 1, 2001, 21(21):8655-8663
The Circuitry Mediating Cocaine-Induced Reinstatement of
Drug-Seeking Behavior
Krista
McFarland and
Peter W.
Kalivas
Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Medical University of
South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425
The role of limbic-striato-pallidal circuitry in cocaine-induced
reinstatement was evaluated. The transient inhibition of brain nuclei
associated with motor systems [including the ventral tegmental area
(VTA), dorsal prefrontal cortex (dPFC), core of the nucleus accumbens
(NAcore), and ventral pallidum (VP)] prevented cocaine-induced
reinstatement. However, only the VP proved to be necessary for food
reinstatement, suggesting that the identified circuit is specific to
drug-related reinstatement. Supporting the possibility that the
VTA-dPFC-NAcore-VP is a series circuit mediating reinstatement,
simultaneous unilateral microinjection of GABA agonists into the dPFC
in one hemisphere and into the VP in the contralateral hemisphere
abolished cocaine reinstatement. Although dopamine projections from the
VTA innervate all three forebrain nuclei, the blockade of dopamine
receptors only in the dPFC antagonized cocaine-induced reinstatement.
Furthermore, DA administration into the dPFC was sufficient to elicit a
reinstatement in drug-related responding. These data demonstrate that
dopamine release in the dPFC initiates a dPFC-NAcore-VP series
circuit that mediates cocaine-induced drug-seeking behavior.
Key words:
cocaine; dopamine; glutamate; self-administration; craving; reinstatement
Copyright © 2001 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/01/21218655-09$05.00/0
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