Inhibitory and Excitatory Alcohol-Seeking Cues Distinct Roles in Behavior, Neurochemistry, and Mesolimbic Pathway in Alcohol Preferring (P) rats

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2023
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Cues associated with alcohol use can readily enhance self-reported cravings for alcohol, which increases the likelihood of reusing alcohol. Understanding the neuronal mechanisms involved in alcohol-seeking behavior is important for developing strategies to treat alcohol use disorder. In all experiments, adult female alcohol-preferring (P) rats were exposed to three conditioned odor cues; CS+ associated with EtOH self-administration, CS- associated with the absence of EtOH (extinction training), and a CS0, a neutral stimulus. The data indicated that presentation of an excitatory conditioned cue (CS+) can enhance EtOH- seeking while the CS- can inhibit EtOH-seeking under multiple test conditions. Presentation of the CS+ activates a subpopulation of dopamine neurons within the interfascicular nucleus of the posterior ventral tegmental area (posterior VTA) and basolateral amygdala (BLA). Pharmacological inactivation of the BLA with GABA agonists inhibits the ability of the CS+ to enhance EtOH-seeking but does not alter context-induced EtOH-seeking or the ability of the CS- to inhibit EtOH-seeking. Presentation of the conditioned odor cues in a non-drug-paired environment indicated that presentation of the CS+ increased dopamine levels in the BLA. In contrast, presentation of the CS- decreased both glutamate and dopamine levels in the BLA. Further analysis revealed that presentation of a CS+ EtOH-associated conditioned cue activates GABA interneurons but not glutamate projection neurons. Overall, the data indicate that excitatory and inhibitory conditioned cues can contrarily alter EtOH-seeking behaviors and that different neurocircuitries are mediating these distinct cues in critical brain regions. Pharmacotherapeutics for craving should inhibit the CS+ and enhance the CS- neurocircuits.

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Hauser SR, Deehan GA Jr, Knight CP, et al. Inhibitory and excitatory alcohol-seeking cues distinct roles in behavior, neurochemistry, and mesolimbic pathway in alcohol preferring (P) rats. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2023;246:109858. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.109858
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