Journal article
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