Pharmacological inactivation of the prelimbic cortex emulates compulsive reward seeking in rats.
- Authors
- Limpens, Jules H W; Damsteegt, Ruth; Broekhoven, Mark H; Voorn, Pieter; Vanderschuren, Louk J M J
- Year
- 2015
- Journal
- Brain research
- PMID
- 25451128
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.10.045
Drug addiction is a chronic, relapsing brain disorder characterized by compulsive drug use. Contemporary addiction theories state that loss of control over drug use is mediated by a combination of several processes, including a transition from goal-directed to habitual forms of drug seeking and taking, and a breakdown of the prefrontally-mediated cognitive control over drug intake. In recent years, substantial progress has been made in the modelling of loss of control over drug use in animal models, but the neural substrates of compulsive drug use remain largely unknown. On the basis of their involvement in goal-directed behaviour, value-based decision making, impulse control and drug seeking behaviour, we identified the prelimbic cortex (PrL) and orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) as candidate regions to be involved in compulsive drug seeking. Using a conditioned suppression model, we have previously shown that prolonged cocaine self-administration reduces the ability of a conditioned aversive stimulus to reduce drug seeking, which may reflect the unflagging pursuit of drugs in human addicts. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that dysfunction of the PrL and OFC underlies loss of control over drug seeking behaviour, apparent as reduced conditioned suppression. Pharmacological inactivation of the PrL, using the GABA receptor agonists baclofen and muscimol, reduced conditioned suppression of cocaine and sucrose seeking in animals with limited self-administration experience. Inactivation of the OFC did not influence conditioned suppression, however. These data indicate that reduced neural activity in the PrL promotes persistent seeking behaviour, which may underlie compulsive aspects of drug use in addiction.
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