The medial prefrontal cortex is required for responding to alcohol-predictive cues but only in the absence of alcohol delivery.
Shaun Yon-Seng KhooJoanna M SciasciaAnnie PettorelliJean-Marie N MadduxNadia ChaudhriPublished in: Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) (2019)
These data indicate that the prelimbic and infralimbic cortex are involved in responding to cues for alcohol when alcohol delivery is omitted, but suggest that other brain regions are engaged in responding to such cues in the presence of alcohol.