Journal article
Insular cortex subregions have distinct roles in cued heroin seeking after extinction learning and prolonged withdrawal in rats
Neuropsychopharmacology (New York, N.Y.), Vol.49(10), pp.1540-1549
03/18/2024
DOI: 10.1038/s41386-024-01846-x
PMCID: PMC11319627
PMID: 38499719
Abstract
Evidence indicates that the anterior (aIC), but not posterior (pIC), insular cortex promotes cued reinstatement of cocaine seeking after extinction in rats. It is unknown whether these subregions also regulate heroin seeking and whether such involvement depends on prior extinction learning. To address these questions, we used baclofen and muscimol (BM) to inactivate the aIC or pIC bilaterally during a seeking test after extinction or prolonged withdrawal from heroin. Male Sprague-Dawley rats in the extinction groups underwent 10+ days of heroin self-administration, followed by 6+ days of extinction sessions, and subsequent cued or heroin-primed reinstatement. Results indicate that aIC inactivation increased cued reinstatement of heroin seeking after extinction, whereas pIC inactivation prevented cued reinstatement. To determine whether these effects were extinction-dependent, we conducted a subsequent study using both sexes with prolonged withdrawal. Male and female rats in the withdrawal groups underwent 10+ days of heroin self-administration, followed by cued seeking tests after 1 and 14 days of homecage withdrawal to measure incubation of heroin craving. In this case, the findings indicate that aIC inactivation had no effect on incubation of heroin craving after withdrawal in either sex, whereas pIC inactivation decreased heroin craving only in males. These findings suggest that the aIC and pIC have opposing roles in suppressing vs promoting cued heroin seeking after extinction and that these roles are distinct from those in cocaine seeking. Moreover, the incubation of craving results suggest that new contingency learning is necessary to recruit the aIC in cued heroin seeking.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Insular cortex subregions have distinct roles in cued heroin seeking after extinction learning and prolonged withdrawal in rats
- Creators
- Matthew S McGregor - University of IowaCaitlin V Cosme - University of IowaRyan T LaLumiere - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Neuropsychopharmacology (New York, N.Y.), Vol.49(10), pp.1540-1549
- DOI
- 10.1038/s41386-024-01846-x
- PMID
- 38499719
- PMCID
- PMC11319627
- eISSN
- 1740-634X
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100000026, name: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Drug Abuse, award: DA048055, DA049139, DA048055, DA049139, DA048055, DA049139; name: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Drug Abuse; name: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Drug Abuse; name: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Drug Abuse; name: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Drug Abuse; name: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 03/18/2024
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984573756702771
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