Cue reactivity is conceptualized as sensitivity to cues linked with drug-taking experiences that contribute to craving and relapse in abstinent humans. Cue reactivity is modeled in rats by measuring attentional orientation toward drug-associated cues that results in appetitive approach behavior in a cue reactivity test following self-administration and forced abstinence.
Dimet, A. L., Cisneros, I. E., Fox, R. G., Stutz, S. J., Anastasio, N. C., Cunningham, K. A., Dineley, K. T. A Protocol for Measuring Cue Reactivity in a Rat Model of Cocaine Use Disorder. J. Vis. Exp. (136), e55864, doi:10.3791/55864 (2018).