Repeated drug consumption may progress to problematic use by triggering neuroplastic adaptations that attenuate sensitivity to natural rewards while increasing reactivity to craving and drug cues. Converging evidence suggests that glutamate modulation may work to correct these adaptations and rapidly restore motivation for delayed non-drug rewards relative to immediate drug use. Using an established laboratory model aimed at evaluating behavioral shifts in the salience of cocaine now vs. money later, the investigators will test the effect of CI-581a on cocaine self-administration as compared to the active control.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
18
a 50 minute infusion 24 hours prior to cocaine self-administration session
a 50 minute infusion 24 hours prior to cocaine self-administration session
Number of Choices to Self-administer Cocaine (Out of 5 Choices)
Participants provided 5 choices (cocaine 25 mg now vs. $11 later), with choices spaces 15 minutes apart over the course of the session.
Time frame: 24 hours post-infusion
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