{
"title": "PL vs IL roles in drug seeking: Evidence from inactivation studies",
"papers": [
{
"doi": "10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1291-15.2016",
"value": "PL inactivation reduces reinstatement",
"method": "pharmacological inactivation",
"cite_key": "McGlinchey2016",
"study_system": "rat",
"value_source_sentence": "Inactivation studies consistently show that prelimbic cortex activity is required for reinstatement of cocaine seeking."
},
{
"doi": "10.1007/s00213-012-2762-5",
"value": "IL activation promotes extinction",
"method": "optogenetic/pharmacological",
"cite_key": "Ball2012",
"study_system": "rat",
"value_source_sentence": "Infralimbic cortex activation is associated with suppression of drug seeking and promotion of extinction learning."
}
],
"x_axis": "Brain region (PL, IL) x Condition (seeking, extinction)",
"y_axis": "Effect on drug seeking (increase/decrease)",
"figure_id": "fig_sec2_pfc_reinstatement",
"n_analyzed": "typically 8-15 per group",
"n_definition": "animals per experimental group",
"scope_region": "medial prefrontal cortex (PL and IL)",
"source_cluster": 1,
"comparison_type": "functional dissociation comparison",
"taxonomic_level": "subregion-level",
"scope_population": "pyramidal neurons (primarily)",
"homogeneity_check": "Limited comparability. Studies use different drugs (cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine), different manipulation methods (muscimol, optogenetics, DREADDs), different reinstatement models (cue, context, drug-primed, stress), and different behavioral readouts. The PL=seeking/IL=extinction dichotomy was established primarily with cocaine; it may not hold for other drugs or reinstatement triggers."
}