Orexins contribute to restraint stress-induced cocaine relapse by endocannabinoid-mediated disinhibition of dopaminergic neurons

Stress is a major cause of relapse to cocaine seeking behaviour. Tung et al. show that orexin mediates stress-induced reinstatement of cocaine seeking behaviour in mice by endocannabinoid-dependent disinhibition in the ventral tegmental area.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Li-Wei Tung, Guan-Ling Lu, Yen-Hsien Lee, Lung Yu, Hsin-Jung Lee, Emma Leishman, Heather Bradshaw, Ling-Ling Hwang, Ming-Shiu Hung, Ken Mackie, Andreas Zimmer, Lih-Chu Chiou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12199