Journal
NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
Volume 39, Issue 5, Pages 1093-1101Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2013.309
Keywords
substance P; self-administration; stress; ethanol; yohimbine; relapse
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- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Intramural Research Program
- National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program
- National Institute of Drug Abuse [RO1DA027535, K99AA021805]
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Neurokinin-I receptors (NKIRs) have been shown to mediate alcohol and opiate, but not cocaine reward in rodents. We recently reported that NKIR antagonism also blocks stress-induced reinstatement of alcohol seeking in rats, but it is presently unknown whether these antirelapse properties extend to other drug classes. Although some work has suggested that intracranial substance P (SP) infusion reinstates cocaine seeking following extinction, no studies have indicated a direct role for the NKIR in reinstatement of cocaine seeking. Here, we explored the effect of the NKIR antagonist L822429 on yohimbine-induced reinstatement of alcohol or cocaine seeking in Long Evans rats. Consistent with our previous findings with footshock-induced reinstatement of alcohol seeking in Wistar rats, we found that L822429 attenuates yohimbine-induced reinstatement of alcohol seeking, but does not affect baseline alcohol self-administration. We observed a similar suppression of yohimbine-induced reinstatement of cocaine seeking by L822429, and found that Long Evans rats exhibit greater sensitivity to NKIR antagonism than Wistar rats. Accordingly, Long-Evans rats exhibit differences in the expression of NKIRs in some subcortical brain regions. Combined, our findings suggest that while NKIR antagonism differentially influences alcohol and cocaine-related behavior, this receptor mediates stress-induced seeking of both drugs.
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