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Published in final edited form as: Prog Neurobiol. 2009 Jun 2;89(1):18–45. doi: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2009.05.003

Table 7.

Effect of pharmacological agents on cue-induced reinstatement of food versus drug seeking.

Pharmacological manipulation Food cue Drug cue Reference

Systemic injections
Nicotinic cholinergic antagonist
Mecamylamine — (DC) ↓ (nicotine) (DC) (Liu et al., 2007)

D1-family antagonist
SCH 23390 or SCH 39166 — (DS, runway) ↓ (C) ↓ (cocaine [DS,DC,C], heroin [C], alcohol (C) (Alleweireldt et al., 2002; Bossert e al., 2007; Hamlin et al., 2006; Hamlin et al., 2008; Hamlin et al., 2007; Weiss et al., 2001)
D2-family antagonist
Haloperidol — (E) ↓ (cocaine) (E) (Gal and Gyertyan, 2006)
D3 antagonist
SB 277011-A — (E) ↓ (cocaine) (E) (Gal and Gyertyan, 2006)
SB 277011-A — (DS) ↓ (cocaine) (DS) (Cervo et al., 2007)
D3 partial agonist/D2 antagonist
BP-897 — (E) ↓ (cocaine) (E) (Gal and Gyertyan, 2006)

mGluR2/3 agonists
LY379268 ↓ (DC, DS, C) ↓ (cocaine [DS], nicotine [C,DC], heroin [DC,C) (Baptista et al., 2004; Bossert et al., 2005a; Bossert et al., 2004; Bossert et al., 2006; Liechti et al., 2007)
mGluR5 antagonist
MPEP — (DS) ↓ (nicotine) (DS) (Bespalov et al., 2005) (Gass et al., 2009)
MTEP — (DC) ↓ (DS) ↓ (methamphetamine) (DC) ↓ (cocaine) (DS) (Martin-Fardon et al., 2009)
mGluR1 antagonist
EMQMCM ↓ (DS) ↓ (nicotine) (DS) (Dravolina et al., 2007)

CB1 antagonist
SR 141716a ↓ (DC) ↓ (cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine [DC], nicotine [DC and DS], ethanol [DS]) (Anggadiredja et al., 2004; De Vries et al., 2005; Diergaarde et al., 2008; Economidou et al., 2006; Ward et al., 2007)

Preferential mu opioid antagonist
Naltrexone — (DS) ↓ (DC) ↓ (cocaine, alcohol) (DC, DS, C) (Burattini et al., 2008; Burattini et al., 2006; Grimm et al., 2007)

Y2 agonist
Peptide YY3-36 ↓ (DC) — (DC) (Ghitza et al., 2007)

5-HT/1B agonist
RU 24969 ↓ (DC) ↓ (cocaine) (DC) (Acosta et al., 2005)
5-HT2B/2C agonist
Ro 60-0175 — (DS) ↓ (cocaine) (DS, C) (Burbassi and Cervo, 2008)
Sigma 1 antagonist
BD1047 ↓ (DS) ↓ (DS) (Martin-Fardon et al., 2007)

Intracranial injections
GABAa+GABAb agonists
Muscimol+baclofen
Accumbens core ↓ (DC) ↓ (cocaine, heroin) (DC) (Floresco et al., 2008; Fuchs et al., 2004)
Accumbens shell ↑ (DC) — (cocaine, heroin) (DC) (Rogers et al., 2008)
Lateral hypothalamus ↓ (C) ↓ (alcohol) (C) (Marchant et al., 2009)
Non-selective inactivation
Bupivacaine or tetrodotoxin
Basolateral amygdala ↑ (DC) ↓(DC) (Fuchs and See, 2002; Grimm and See, 2000; McLaughlin and Floresco, 2007)

Abbreviations/symbols: -, not tested. DC, discrete cue; DS, discriminative stimulus cue; C, contextual cue; E, cue responding in a single extinction test; ↓, decrease; ↑, increase; -, no effect, blank space, not tested