期刊
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
卷 502, 期 1-2, 页码 75-85出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2004.08.039
关键词
adolescence; autoradiography; dopamine; nicotine; serotonin
资金
- NIDA NIH HHS [DA 15119, DA 13936, DA 15947] Funding Source: Medline
Chronic treatment with nicotine differentially alters behavior in adolescent rats compared to adult rats. It is not known, however whether the effects of nicotine on the neurochemical pathways with which it interacts differ in adolescents vs. adults. In the current study, the effects of a 7-day treatment with nicotine on nicotinic, dopaminergic, and serotonergic neurochemistry were examined in the caudate put men and nucleus accumbens in periadolescent vs. adult male rats. Nicotine treatment increased dopamine transporter densities and decreased serotonin transporter densities in periadolescent rats. There was no change in nicotinic acetylcholine receptor densities or dopamine D1 or D2 receptor densities in nicotine-pretreated periadolescent rats. In adult rats pretreated with nicotine, there was an increase in nicotinic acetylcholine densities, but no change in dopamine transporter, dopamine D1 or D2 receptor, or serotonin transporter densities. Overall, these findings show that periadolescent rats have neurochemical adaptations to nicotine different from adult rats. These alterations may explain, at least in part, the differential behavioral effects of chronic nicotine in adult and adolescent male rats. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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