This protocol describes the Conditioned Place Preference (CPP) as a model of relapse. This procedure permits the measurement of relapse in laboratory animals, considering the impact of drug-associated environmental cues as craving and relapse in abstaining addicts is currently the focus of drug-abuse treatment programs.
Blanco-Gandía, M. C., Aguilar, M. A., Miñarro, J., Rodríguez-Arias, M. Reinstatement of Drug-seeking in Mice Using the Conditioned Place Preference Paradigm. J. Vis. Exp. (136), e56983, doi:10.3791/56983 (2018).