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Targeting drug memory reconsolidation: a neural analysis.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Taujanskaitė, Uršulė 
Cahill, Emma N 
Milton, Amy L 

Abstract

Addiction can be conceptualised as a disorder of maladaptive learning and memory. Therefore, maladaptive drug memories supporting drug-seeking and relapse behaviours may present novel treatment targets for therapeutic approaches based upon reconsolidation-blockade. It is known that different structures within the limbic corticostriatal system contribute differentially to different types of maladaptive drug memories, including pavlovian associations between environmental cues and contexts with the drug high, and instrumental memories underlying drug-seeking. Here, we review the mechanisms underlying drug memory reconsolidation in the amygdala, striatum, and hippocampus, noting similarities and differences, and opportunities for future research.

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Keywords

Amygdala, Humans, Learning, Memory, Pharmaceutical Preparations

Journal Title

Curr Opin Pharmacol

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Journal ISSN

1471-4892
1471-4973

Volume Title

56

Publisher

Elsevier BV
Sponsorship
Medical Research Council (MR/N02530X/1)