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D-cycloserine to enhance extinction of cue-elicited craving for alcohol: a translational approach

Abstract

Cue-elicited craving for alcohol is well established but extinction-based treatment to extinguish this response has generated only modest positive outcomes in clinical trials. Basic and clinical research suggests that D-cycloserine (DCS) enhances extinction to fear cues under certain conditions. However, it remains unclear whether DCS would also accelerate extinction of cue-elicited craving for alcohol. The goal of the current study was to …

Authors

MacKillop J; Few LR; Stojek MK; Murphy CM; Malutinok SF; Johnson FT; Hofmann SG; McGeary JE; Swift RM; Monti PM

Journal

Translational Psychiatry, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. e544–e544

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

April 2015

DOI

10.1038/tp.2015.41

ISSN

2158-3188