Limbic System Activity and Drug Dreaming in Drug-Addicted Subjects

Colace, Claudio; Claps, M.; Antognoli, A.; Sperandio, R.; Sardi, D.; Benedetti, A.

doi:10.1080/15294145.2010.10773647

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“…This case report is largely compatible with previous literature on drug dreams in other forms of addiction 1,2,7 . Particularly, it is confirmed that these drug dreams are the result of abstinence from drugs that provoke a drug‐craving frustration 1,2,4,8 . Drug dreams have been frequently considered as predictive of continued abstinence and as a good prognostic sign, 1,2,8,9 but some authors have also underlined that some types of these dreams might precede a drug‐craving increase in postdream reality and a possible relapse (ie, using drug) 1,3 .…”

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Drug Dreams in Mescaline and LSD Addiction

Colace

2010

American J Addict

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“…Drug‐addicted patients frequently report dreams, the contents of which are related to their craving for drugs 1–4 . Drug dreams (ie, dreams about using or seeking drugs) have shown their usefulness as clinical and prognostic tools, 5,6 and have been investigated in several forms of addiction (eg, heroin, cocaine, or alcohol) 1 .…”

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Drug Dreams in Mescaline and LSD Addiction

Colace

2010

American J Addict

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“…Preliminary data also support a positive correlation between individual daytime reward profile (e.g., novelty seeking, reward sensitivity) and motivational character of behavior during parasomnia episodes (Perogamvros et al, 2012) or in dreams (Johnson, 2001; Colace et al, 2010). The expression of reward networks in the form of overt behavior in sleep would thus require two concomitant conditions: (a) disinhibition of the central pattern generators of the spinal cord, a condition indispensable for parasomnias (Howell, 2012), and (b) elevated daytime exploratory approach, especially toward a certain kind of stimulus.…”

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Sleep and dreaming are for important matters

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Front. Psychol.

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Recent studies in sleep and dreaming have described an activation of emotional and reward systems, as well as the processing of internal information during these states. Specifically, increased activity in the amygdala and across mesolimbic dopaminergic regions during REM sleep is likely to promote the consolidation of memory traces with high emotional/motivational value. Moreover, coordinated hippocampal-striatal replay during NREM sleep may contribute to the selective strengthening of memories for important events. In this review, we suggest that, via the activation of emotional/motivational circuits, sleep and dreaming may offer a neurobehavioral substrate for the offline reprocessing of emotions, associative learning, and exploratory behaviors, resulting in improved memory organization, waking emotion regulation, social skills, and creativity. Dysregulation of such motivational/emotional processes due to sleep disturbances (e.g., insomnia, sleep deprivation) would predispose to reward-related disorders, such as mood disorders, increased risk-taking and compulsive behaviors, and may have major health implications, especially in vulnerable populations.

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“…The study of "drug dreams," or the dreams in which drug-addicted patients typically use (or attempt to use) the drugs to which they are Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 14:09 03 October 2015 addicted (e.g., Christo & Franey, 1996;Hajek & Belcher, 1991;Johnson, 2001;Yee, Perantie, Dhanani, & Brown, 2004;Persico, 1992;Reid & Simeon, 2001;Steinig, Foraita, Happe, & Heinze, 2011), further show that these dreams are frequently a clear wish-fulfillment or wish-fulfillment attempt (Choi, 1973;Colace, 2000Colace, , 2004aColace, , 2014Colace et al, 2010;Colace, Belsanti, et al, 2014;Denzin, 1988, Fiss, 1980Peters, 2000). Drug dreams suggest an important role of dreams in the regulation of the appetitive and libidinal drives, such as the craving for drugs, in drug addicted patients.…”

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“…The first research program discussed refers to a series of studies based on over 900 children aged between three to eight years, which systematically collected over 650 dream reports (Colace, 1997(Colace, , 1998(Colace, , 2006a(Colace, , 2010a(Colace, , 2013Colace, Doricchi, Di Loreto, & Violani, 1993;Colace, Tuci, & Ferendeles, 1997;Colace et al, 2000;Colace, Violani, & Solano, 1993). The second refers to a series of clinical and empirical investigations on the drug dreams of more than 200 drug-addicted patients, including a systematic review of the literature on the topic (Colace, 1999(Colace, , 2000(Colace, , 2001(Colace, , 2004a(Colace, , 2004b(Colace, , 2006b(Colace, , 2007(Colace, , 2009a(Colace, , 2010b(Colace, , 2014Colace, Belsanti, & Antermite, 2014;Colace et al, 2010;Colace, Lagrutta, et al, 2014). All of these studies have shown two types of results: one theoretical-epistemological and the other, empirical.…”

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