Decrease of cocaine, but not heroin, self-administration and relapse by the tyrosine kinase inhibitor masitinib in male Sprague Dawley rats.
A Belin-RauscentJ LacosteO HermineA MoussyB J EverittDavid BelinPublished in: Psychopharmacology (2018)
The present findings suggest masitinib, a drug with proven efficacy in CNS disorders, could represent a novel treatment for cocaine addiction provided its influence on the reinforcing and incentive properties of the drug is confirmed.