Comparison of the Time-Dependent Changes in Immediate Early Gene Labeling and Spine Density Following Abstinence From Contingent or Non-contingent Chocolate Pellet Delivery
Rationale: Incubation of craving is a phenomenon whereby responding for cues associated with a reward increases over extended periods of abstinence.Both contingent and non-contingent behavioral designs have been used to study the incubation of craving phenomenon with differing results.The present study directly compares behavioral and neural change