A Striatal Mechanism and Evolutionar...
Thompson, Andrew Blair.

 

  • A Striatal Mechanism and Evolutionary Origin of Impulsive Reward Choice in Protracted Withdrawal.
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
    書名/作者: A Striatal Mechanism and Evolutionary Origin of Impulsive Reward Choice in Protracted Withdrawal.
    作者: Thompson, Andrew Blair.
    出版者: Ann Arbor : : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, , 2016
    面頁冊數: 129 p.
    附註: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-04(E), Section: B.
    Contained By: Dissertation Abstracts International78-04B(E).
    標題: Neurosciences.
    標題: Behavioral psychology.
    標題: Psychobiology.
    ISBN: 9781369367430
    摘要、提要註: Substance use disorder is a chronic, relapsing condition characterized by preoccupation with acquiring or taking a drug, to the detriment of other healthy behaviors. Even after long periods of abstinence from the drug, there is a high chance of relapse in the presence of stress or cues of drug availability, rendering short-term treatment strategies inadequate. A major barrier to the success of treatments for substance use disorder is that drug users tend to be more impulsive than the general population: they are less able to appropriately inhibit reward-seeking behaviors, and tend to overvalue short-term reward acquisition over long-term benefits. This impulsivity can predispose certain individuals toward developing substance use disorder, but there is also compelling evidence that a history exposure to drugs of abuse can induce impulsivity in animals with no preexisting differences in behavior. While this is well established in tasks of risky decision making and intertemporal choice, it has not been investigated in tests of effort allocation. Evidence is presented herein that rats assessed in protracted withdrawal from methamphetamine (mAMPH) show a unique behavioral pattern when given the opportunity to work for rewards: effort expenditure is enhanced when animals are given a choice between rewarded action and unrewarded inaction, and reward value is steeply discounted by increasing effort demands when in the presence of an acceptable alternative reward source.
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