Animal Models of Drug Addiction offers a comprehensive analysis of the advancements in understanding and treating addiction, significantly influenced by animal experimental research. The book highlights both the behavioral aspects of drug use and the biological foundations of the disorder. Experts in the field present current evaluations of complex behavioral paradigms that model various phases of addiction and explain how these tests are effectively used to replicate the course of drug dependence. The initial chapters focus on common laboratory measurements of addiction in animals, such as intracranial self-stimulation, drug self-administration, place conditioning, and sensitization. Later chapters illustrate how these paradigms are used to model the progression of drug addiction and provide insights into the clinical symptoms from the acquisition of drug use to compulsive consumption, withdrawal, and relapse. The book is aimed at both professionals and newcomers in preclinical research on drug addiction, offering both methodological details and theoretical perspectives.