CONDITIONED-RESPONSES TO COCAINE-RELATED STIMULI IN COCAINE ABUSE PATIENTS
CONDITIONED-RESPONSES TO COCAINE-RELATED STIMULI IN COCAINE ABUSE PATIENTS
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DOI:
10.1007/bf02245266
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发表时间:
1992-06-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
OBRIEN, CP
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作者:
EHRMAN, RN;ROBBINS, SJ;OBRIEN, CP
Subjects with a history of free-basing and smoking cocaine but no history of opiate injections were exposed to three sets of stimuli. They received cocaine-related stimuli in one session, opiate-related stimuli in a second session, and non-drug stimuli on a third occasion. Compared to the opiate and non-drug cues, the cocaine-related events caused reliable decreases in skin temperature and skin resistance, and reliable increases in heart rate, self-reported cocaine craving, and self-reported cocaine withdrawal. Furthermore, control subjects tacking a history of cocaine or opiate use failed to show such differential responding. These results suggest that cocaine-related stimuli evoke Pavlovian conditioned responses in cocaine abuse patients. Such findings encourage continuing efforts to develop drug treatment strategies based on conditioning principles.