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DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE
卷 129, 期 3, 页码 210-216出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.01.003
关键词
Reinstatement; Cocaine; Methamphetamine; Buspirone; Rats; Self-administration
资金
- NIH [N01 DA-09-8889]
Background: There are no approved pharmacotherapies for preventing psychomotor stimulant relapse. The operant reinstatement model has been suggested as a screen for identifying candidate medications. The present study examined if the anxiolytic buspirone could attenuate reinstatement of extinguished responding in Long-Evans rats that previously self-administered intravenous cocaine or methamphetamine. Methods: Rats were trained in 2-h daily sessions to self-administer 0.5 mg/kg cocaine or 0.1 mg/kg methamphetamine infusions followed by 12 days of instrumental extinction. Reinstatement was evoked by 17 mg/kg i.p. cocaine primes or response-contingent cocaine-paired cues in cocaine-reinforced rats, and by 1 mg/kg i.p. methamphetamine primes or response-contingent methamphetamine-paired cues in methamphetamine-reinforced rats. Results: Buspirone (1 and 3 mg/kg) significantly (p < 0.05) attenuated cocaine cue but not cocaine prime reinstatement. Buspirone (1 and 3 mg/kg) also significantly attenuated methamphetamine cue reinstatement. Buspirone (3 mg/kg) significantly attenuated methamphetamine prime reinstatement. During all reinstatement tests, 3 mg/kg buspirone reduced levels of inactive lever pressing relative to those of vehicle, significantly so during the cocaine cue-induced reinstatement tests. Conclusions: Given the complexity of buspirone's neuropharmacology consisting of serotonin 5-HT1A receptor partial agonist activity, and dopamine D2, D3 and D4 receptor antagonist effects, it is uncertain which of these activities or their combination is responsible for the present results. Overall, these results suggest that buspirone may reduce the likelihood of relapse to cocaine and methamphetamine use under some conditions, although this speculation must be interpreted with caution given buspirone's similar potency to attenuate inactive-lever responding. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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