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BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE
卷 119, 期 6, 页码 1619-1627出版社
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.119.6.1619
关键词
addiction; substance abuse; dopamine; motivation; reward
The authors used the acute phenylalanine-tyrosine depletion (APTD) method to test the effect of transient catecholamine precursor depletion on cocaine craving, euphoria, and self-administration. Eight nondependent. nontreatment-seeking cocaine users self-administered 3 doses of cocaine (0.6, 1.5, 3.0 mg/kg, taken intranasally) following ingestion of (a) a nutritionally balanced amino acid mixture, (b) APTD, and (c) APTD followed by L-dopa/carbidopa (2 X 100 mg/25 mg). APTD decreased both cue-and cocaine-induced drug craving but not euphoria or self-administration. APTD + L-dopa also decreased drug craving, possibly reflecting the ability Of L-dopa to transiently decrease dopamine cell firing. Together, these preliminary results suggest that the craving elicited by cocaine and cocaine cues is related to changes in catecholamine neurotransmission. Euphoria and the self-administration of freely available drugs by regular users, in comparison, might be better accounted for by other mechanisms.
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