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Cocaine addiction therapy—Are we partially there?

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A recent study suggests that the dopamine D3 receptor partial agonist BP 897 prevents cocaine-seeking behavior in rats, and this may lead to new approaches to study and treat drug addiction.

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Figure 1: a, Two phases of a second-order schedule of reinforcement.

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  1. Dept of Neuropharmacology, CVN-7 The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, 92037, California, USA

    George F. Koob

  2. Department of Psychiatry Harvard Medical School Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Center McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street Belmont, 02478, Massachusetts, USA

    S. Barak Caine

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