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Craving, context and the cortex

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A new study challenges the idea that the ventromedial prefrontal cortex inhibits drug relapse, by selectively inactivating a subpopulation of neurons in this brain area and showing attenuation of context-induced reinstatement of heroin seeking.

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Figure 1: Cortical neuronal ensembles underlying context-induced reinstatement of drug seeking.

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