title: Using conditioned place preference to identify relapse prevention medications.
abstract: Stimuli, including contexts, which predict the availability or onset of a drug effect, can acquire conditioned incentive motivational properties. These conditioned properties endure after withdrawal, and can promote drug-seeking which may result in relapse. Conditioned place preference (CPP) assesses the associations between drugs and the context in which they are experienced. Here, we review the potential utility of CPP procedures in rodents and humans to evaluate medications that target conditioned drug-seeking responses. We discuss the translational potential of the CPP procedure from rodents to humans, and review findings with FDA-approved treatments that support the use of CPP to develop relapse-reduction medications. We also discuss challenges and methodological questions in applying the CPP procedure to this purpose. We argue that an efficient and valid CPP procedure in humans may reduce the burden of full clinical trials with drug-abusing patients that are currently required for testing promising treatments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Center for Compulsive Behaviors and Addiction, Rush University, Chicago, IL, United States. Electronic address: celeste_napier@rush.edu.
authors.forename: T Celeste
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Napier
authors.forename: Amy A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Herrold
authors.forename: Harriet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: de Wit
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003213:Conditioning, Psychological / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation / Q000187:drug effects*; D055502:Secondary Prevention
chemical_list: D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants
keywords: Addiction therapy; Amphetamine; Baclofen; Conditioned place preference; Humans; Methamphetamine; Mirtazapine; Naltrexone; Rodents; Varenicline