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PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
Volume 233, Issue 3, Pages 507-519Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-015-4130-8
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Amphetamine; Apomorphine; Caffeine; CGS 21680; Morphine; Sensitization
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- Fondazione Banco di Sardegna [2014.0395]
- Regione Autonoma della Sardegna
- Sardinian Regional Government
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Rationale Rats emit 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) in response to pleasurable stimuli, and these USVs are considered a tool for investigating reward and motivation. Objectives This study aimed to clarify how activity of adenosine A2A receptors, which modulate reward and motivation, influences 50-kHz USV emission in rats. Methods Rats received one of the following treatments in a test cage: (1) acute administration of the A(2A) receptor agonist CGS 21680 (0.05-0.2 mg/kg, i.p.) during social interactions; (2) long-term amphetamine (1 or 2 mg/kg, i.p.) or morphine (7.5 mg/kg, s.c.) administration on alternate days, alone or with CGS 21680, followed after 7 days of discontinuation by test cage re-exposure, to assess drug-conditioning effects, and thereafter drug challenge; (3) acute administration of the D1/D2 receptor agonist apomorphine (4 mg/kg, i.p.), alone or with CGS 21680; and (4) long-term administration of the nonselective A1/A2A receptor antagonist caffeine (15 mg/kg, i.p.), on alternate days. USVs and locomotor activity were evaluated throughout the treatments. Results CGS 21680 attenuated 50-kHz USVemission stimulated by social interactions, amphetamine, apomorphine, and morphine, and rats administered CGS 21680 with amphetamine or morphine emitted fewer conditioned 50-kHz USVs upon test cage re-exposure, compared with rats administered amphetamine or morphine alone. Moreover, CGS 21680 administration prevented long-term changes in locomotor activity in amphetamine-and morphinetreated rats. Finally, caffeine had no effect on 50-kHz USVs. Conclusions These results indicate that activation of A2A receptors attenuates 50-kHz USV emission in rats and further elucidate how these receptors modulate the motivational properties of natural and pharmacological stimuli.
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