Figure 2.
Discriminative cues produce steady drug-seeking during abstinence. (A) An overview of the protocol to measure drug seeking after abstinence from heroin self-administration using discriminative drug cues. Animals underwent an identical experimental protocol as described in Experiment 1 except with modified light and tone cues. (B, C, E, F) The number of infusions and lever presses during heroin self-administration at a 0.075 mg/kg/infusion dosage (B, C) and a lower 0.03 mg/kg/infusion dosage (E, F). (D, G) Lever pressing during the relapse test after forced abstinence from the 0.075 mg/kg/infusion dosage (D) and the 0.03 mg/kg/infusion dosage (G). Error ± SEM. *p < 0.05.