Preclinical studies on comorbidity between depression and psychostimulant addiction.
Journal Title: Pharmacological Reports - Year 2013, Vol 65, Issue 6
Abstract
Several clinical data indicate that depression is frequently comorbid with psychostimulant (cocaine, amphetamines) addiction. This short review summarizes preclinical results and observations showing how reward processes are modified in animal models of depression, and which depression-like effects are induced in experimental animals withdrawn from chronic treatment with psychostimulants.
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Małgorzata Filip, Joanna Jastrzębska, Karolina Wydra, Edmund Przegaliński
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