A procedure that demonstrates a robust acute food deprivation-induced relapse to heroin seeking after punishment-imposed abstinence is described. A punishment-imposed abstinence model was successfully implemented using the seek and take chain schedule for heroin self-administration. Heroin-seeking tests are then performed following 24 h of food-deprivation stress.
Borges, C., Charles, J., Shalev, U. A Procedure to Study Stress-Induced Relapse of Heroin Seeking after Punishment-Imposed Abstinence. J. Vis. Exp. (181), e63657, doi:10.3791/63657 (2022).