Dopamine Circuit Mechanisms of Addiction-Like Behaviors

Addiction is a complex disease that impacts millions of people around the world. Clinically, addiction is formalized as substance use disorder (SUD), with three primary symptom categories: exaggerated substance use, social or lifestyle impairment, and risky substance use. Considerable efforts have b...

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Autores principales: Carli L. Poisson, Liv Engel, Benjamin T. Saunders
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:96cec8e6d48240f3b47c22c912611c4f2021-11-09T16:46:50ZDopamine Circuit Mechanisms of Addiction-Like Behaviors1662-511010.3389/fncir.2021.752420https://doaj.org/article/96cec8e6d48240f3b47c22c912611c4f2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncir.2021.752420/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1662-5110Addiction is a complex disease that impacts millions of people around the world. Clinically, addiction is formalized as substance use disorder (SUD), with three primary symptom categories: exaggerated substance use, social or lifestyle impairment, and risky substance use. Considerable efforts have been made to model features of these criteria in non-human animal research subjects, for insight into the underlying neurobiological mechanisms. Here we review evidence from rodent models of SUD-inspired criteria, focusing on the role of the striatal dopamine system. We identify distinct mesostriatal and nigrostriatal dopamine circuit functions in behavioral outcomes that are relevant to addictions and SUDs. This work suggests that striatal dopamine is essential for not only positive symptom features of SUDs, such as elevated intake and craving, but also for impairments in decision making that underlie compulsive behavior, reduced sociality, and risk taking. Understanding the functional heterogeneity of the dopamine system and related networks can offer insight into this complex symptomatology and may lead to more targeted treatments.Carli L. PoissonCarli L. PoissonCarli L. PoissonLiv EngelLiv EngelBenjamin T. SaundersBenjamin T. SaundersBenjamin T. SaundersFrontiers Media S.A.articledopaminestriatumaddictionsubstance use disorderanimal modelnigrostriatalNeurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatryRC321-571ENFrontiers in Neural Circuits, Vol 15 (2021)
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topic dopamine
striatum
addiction
substance use disorder
animal model
nigrostriatal
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
spellingShingle dopamine
striatum
addiction
substance use disorder
animal model
nigrostriatal
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
Carli L. Poisson
Carli L. Poisson
Carli L. Poisson
Liv Engel
Liv Engel
Benjamin T. Saunders
Benjamin T. Saunders
Benjamin T. Saunders
Dopamine Circuit Mechanisms of Addiction-Like Behaviors
description Addiction is a complex disease that impacts millions of people around the world. Clinically, addiction is formalized as substance use disorder (SUD), with three primary symptom categories: exaggerated substance use, social or lifestyle impairment, and risky substance use. Considerable efforts have been made to model features of these criteria in non-human animal research subjects, for insight into the underlying neurobiological mechanisms. Here we review evidence from rodent models of SUD-inspired criteria, focusing on the role of the striatal dopamine system. We identify distinct mesostriatal and nigrostriatal dopamine circuit functions in behavioral outcomes that are relevant to addictions and SUDs. This work suggests that striatal dopamine is essential for not only positive symptom features of SUDs, such as elevated intake and craving, but also for impairments in decision making that underlie compulsive behavior, reduced sociality, and risk taking. Understanding the functional heterogeneity of the dopamine system and related networks can offer insight into this complex symptomatology and may lead to more targeted treatments.
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