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Booij L, Welfeld K, Leyton M, Dagher A, Boileau I, Sibon I, Baker GB, Diksic M, Soucy JP, Pruessner JC, Cawley-Fiset E, Casey KF, Benkelfat C. Dopamine cross-sensitization between psychostimulant drugs and stress in healthy male volunteers. Transl Psychiatry 2016; 6:e740. [PMID: 26905412 PMCID: PMC4872435 DOI: 10.1038/tp.2016.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2015] [Revised: 11/17/2015] [Accepted: 11/23/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Dysregulation of the stress response system is a potential etiological factor in the development of and relapse to multiple neuropsychiatric disorders. Previously we reported that repeated intermittent d-amphetamine administration can lead to progressively greater dopamine release, thereby providing evidence of drug-induced neurochemical sensitization. Here, we test the hypothesis that repeated exposure to d-amphetamine increases dopaminergic responses to stress; that is, produces cross-sensitization. Using positron emission tomography, we measured in 17 healthy male volunteers (mean ± s.d. = 22.1 ± 3.4 years) [(11)C]raclopride binding responses to a validated psychosocial stress task before and 2 weeks after a regimen of repeated d-amphetamine (3 × 0.3 mg kg(-1), by mouth; n = 8) or placebo (3 × lactose, by mouth; n = 9). Mood and physiological measurements were recorded throughout each session. Before the d-amphetamine regimen, exposure to the stress task increased behavioral and physiological indices of stress (anxiety, heart rate, cortisol, all P ⩽ 0.05). Following the d-amphetamine regimen, the stress-induced cortisol responses were augmented (P < 0.04), and voxel-based analyses showed larger stress-induced decreases in [(11)C]raclopride non-displaceable binding potential across the striatum. In the placebo group, re-exposure to stress led to smaller clusters of decreased [(11)C]raclopride binding, primarily in the sensorimotor striatum (P < 0.05). Together, this study provides evidence for drug × stress cross-sensitization; moreover, random exposure to stimulants and/or stress cumulatively, while enhancing dopamine release in striatal areas, may contribute to a lowered set point for psychopathologies in which altered dopamine neurotransmission is invoked.
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- L Booij
- Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada,CHU Sainte Justine Hospital Research Center, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada,Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada,Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada,McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Center for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Pole de Neurosciences Cliniques, Hôpital Pellegrin, CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Neurobiology Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- CHU Sainte Justine Hospital Research Center, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada,McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada,Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, 1033 Avenue des Pins West, Montreal, QC, Canada H3A1A1. E-mail:
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Depression is one of the most disabling medical conditions in the world today, yet its etiologies remain unclear and current treatments are not wholly effective. Animal models are a powerful tool to investigate possible causes and treatments for human diseases. We describe an animal model of social defeat as a possible model for human depression. We discuss the paradigm, behavioral correlates to depression, and potential underlying neurobiological mechanisms with an eye toward possible future therapies.
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Yates JR, Perry JL, Meyer AC, Gipson CD, Charnigo R, Bardo MT. Role of medial prefrontal and orbitofrontal monoamine transporters and receptors in performance in an adjusting delay discounting procedure. Brain Res 2014; 1574:26-36. [PMID: 24928616 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2013] [Revised: 06/02/2014] [Accepted: 06/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Performance in an adjusting delay discounting procedure is predictive of drug abuse vulnerability; however, the shared underlying specific prefrontal neural systems linking delay discounting and increased addiction-like behaviors are unclear. Rats received direct infusions of methylphenidate (MPH; 6.25, 25.0, or 100μg), amphetamine (AMPH; 0.25, 1.0, or 4.0μg), or atomoxetine (ATO; 1.0, 4.0, or 16.0μg) into either medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) or orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) immediately prior to performance in an adjusting delay task. These drugs were examined because they are efficacious in treating impulse control disorders. Because dopamine (DA) and serotonin (5-HT) receptors are implicated in impulsive behavior, separate groups of rats received microinfusions of the DA receptor-selective drugs SKF 81297 (0.1 or 0.4µg), SCH 23390 (0.25 or 1.0µg), quinpirole (1.25 or 5.0µg), and eticlopride (0.25 or 1.0µg), or received microinfusions of the 5-HT receptor-selective drugs 8-OH-DPAT (0.025 or 0.1μg), WAY 100635 (0.01 or 0.04μg), DOI (2.5 or 10.0μg), and ketanserin (0.1 or 0.4μg). Impulsive choice was not altered significantly by MPH, AMPH, or ATO into either mPFC or OFC, indicating that neither of these prefrontal regions alone may mediate the systemic effect of ADHD medications on impulsive choice. However, quinpriole (1.25μg) and eticlopride infused into mPFC increased impulsive choice, whereas 8-OH-DPAT infused into OFC decreased impulsive choice. These latter results demonstrate that blockade of DA D2 receptors in mPFC or activation of 5-HT1A receptors in OFC increases impulsive choice in the adjusting delay procedure.
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- Justin R Yates
- Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA; Center for Drug Abuse Research Translation, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI 49006, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington VT 05401, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA; Center for Drug Abuse Research Translation, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA; Center for Drug Abuse Research Translation, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA.
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Leyton M, Vezina P. Dopamine ups and downs in vulnerability to addictions: a neurodevelopmental model. Trends Pharmacol Sci 2014; 35:268-76. [PMID: 24794705 PMCID: PMC4041845 DOI: 10.1016/j.tips.2014.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2013] [Revised: 03/17/2014] [Accepted: 04/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Addictions are commonly presaged by problems in childhood and adolescence. For many individuals this starts with the early expression of impulsive risk-taking, social gregariousness, and oppositional behaviors. Here we propose that these early diverse manifestations reflect a heightened ability of emotionally salient stimuli to activate dopamine pathways that foster behavioral approach. If substance use is initiated, these at-risk youth can also develop heightened responses to drug-paired cues. Through conditioning and drug-induced sensitization, these effects strengthen and accumulate, leading to responses that exceed those elicited by other rewards. At the same time, cues not paired with drug become associated with comparatively lower dopamine release, accentuating further the difference between drug and non-drug rewards. Together, these enhancing and inhibiting processes steer a pre-existing vulnerability toward a disproportionate concern for drugs and drug-related stimuli. Implications for prevention and treatment are discussed.
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- Marco Leyton
- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA; Committee on Neurobiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Radley JJ, Kabbaj M, Jacobson L, Heydendael W, Yehuda R, Herman JP. Stress risk factors and stress-related pathology: neuroplasticity, epigenetics and endophenotypes. Stress 2011; 14:481-97. [PMID: 21848436 PMCID: PMC3641164 DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2011.604751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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This paper highlights a symposium on stress risk factors and stress susceptibility, presented at the Neurobiology of Stress workshop in Boulder, CO, in June 2010. This symposium addressed factors linking stress plasticity and reactivity to stress pathology in animal models and in humans. Dr. J. Radley discussed studies demonstrating prefrontal cortical neuroplasticity and prefrontal control of hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical axis function in rats, highlighting the emerging evidence of the critical role that this region plays in normal and pathological stress integration. Dr. M. Kabbaj summarized his studies of possible epigenetic mechanisms underlying behavioral differences in rat populations bred for differential stress reactivity. Dr. L. Jacobson described studies using a mouse model to explore the diverse actions of antidepressants in brain, suggesting mechanisms whereby antidepressants may be differentially effective in treating specific depression endophenotypes. Dr. R. Yehuda discussed the role of glucocorticoids in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), indicating that low cortisol level may be a trait that predisposes the individual to development of the disorder. Furthermore, she presented evidence indicating that traumatic events can have transgenerational impact on cortisol reactivity and development of PTSD symptoms. Together, the symposium highlighted emerging themes regarding the role of brain reorganization, individual differences, and epigenetics in determining stress plasticity and pathology.
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- Jason J. Radley
- Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
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- Biomedical Sciences Department, Program in Neurosciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306
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- Center for Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY 12208
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- Center for Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY 12208
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- James J. Peters VA Medical Center and Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45237
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Morphine-conditioned cue alters c-Fos protein expression in the brain of crayfish. Brain Res Bull 2011; 85:385-95. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2011.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2010] [Revised: 04/01/2011] [Accepted: 04/10/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Hollis F, Duclot F, Gunjan A, Kabbaj M. Individual differences in the effect of social defeat on anhedonia and histone acetylation in the rat hippocampus. Horm Behav 2011; 59:331-7. [PMID: 20851702 PMCID: PMC3037445 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2010] [Revised: 08/12/2010] [Accepted: 09/08/2010] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Major depression is a growing problem worldwide with variation in symptoms and response to treatment. Individual differences in response to stress may contribute to such observed individual variation in behavior and pathology. Therefore, we investigated depressive-like behavior following exposure to repeated social defeat in a rat model of individual differences in response to novelty. Rats are known to exhibit either high locomotor activity and sustained exploration (high responders, HR) or low activity with minimal exploration (low responders, LR) in a novel environment. We measured anhedonia using the sucrose preference test in HR and LR rats following exposure to social defeat stress or in basal, non-defeated conditions. We then compared histone acetylation in the hippocampus in HR and LR defeat and non-defeated rats and measured mRNA levels of histone deacetylases (HDAC) 3, 4, 5, and Creb binding protein (CBP). We found that basally, HR rats consumed more sucrose solution than LR rats, but reduced consumption after exposure to defeat. LR rats' preference was unaffected by social defeat. We found that HR rats had higher levels of histone acetylation on H3K14 and H2B than LR rats in non-stress conditions. Following defeat, this acetylation pattern changed differentially, with HR rats decreasing acetylation of H3K14 and H2B and LR's increasing acetylation of H3K14. Acetylation on histone H4 decreased following defeat with no individual variation. Basal differences in CBP expression levels may underlie the observed acetylation pattern; however we found no significant effects of defeat in levels of HDACs 3, 4, 5 in the hippocampus.
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- F Hollis
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
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Bhatti AS, Hall P, Ma Z, Tao R, Isgor C. Hippocampus modulates the behaviorally-sensitizing effects of nicotine in a rat model of novelty-seeking: potential role for mossy fibers. Hippocampus 2008; 17:922-33. [PMID: 17598146 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Present experiments investigate interactions between a rat model of the novelty-seeking phenotype and psychomotor sensitization to nicotine (NIC) in adolescence, and the potential role of hippocampal mossy fibers in mediating the behaviorally-sensitizing effects of NIC. Outbred rats were phenotype-screened as high-responders (HR; locomotor reactivity to novelty score ranking in the upper third of the population) or low-responders (LR; locomotor reactivity to novelty score ranking in the lower third of the population). In Experiment 1, both phenotypes were trained with four NIC injections (at 3-d intervals on postnatal days 33-44), and lidocaine microinfusion was used to temporarily inactivate the hippocampal hilus at each NIC injection. Systemic saline and microinjection of artificial cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) were used as controls. During NIC training, lidocaine inactivation caused augmented locomotor response to NIC in HRs compared to LRs irrespective of injection days. Following 1 week of abstinence, all animals were challenged with a low dose of NIC. During challenge, previously NIC/CSF trained LRs and HRs were divided into two; one half receiving lidocaine inactivation of the hippocampal hilus and the other half receiving CSF control microinjection. Only HRs showed behavioral sensitization to the challenge dose of NIC, which was enhanced with lidocaine inactivation. In Experiment 2, a single NIC exposure was found sufficient to induce sensitization to the challenge dose of NIC in HRs, and concurrently an enlarged supra-pyramidal mossy fiber (SP-MF) terminal field. The increase in the SP-MF volume in HRs was greater with repeated NIC training. In both single and repeated NIC training cases, a significant positive morphobehavioral correlation was observed between challenge NIC-induced locomotion and the SP-MF terminal field volume. These findings suggest that the HR hippocampal mossy fibers are vulnerable to neuroadaptive alterations induced by NIC, which may be a substrate for the observed behavioral vulnerability to NIC.
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- Amrinder S Bhatti
- Department of Biomedical Science, Charles E. Schmidt Biomedical Center, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, USA
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Cain ME, Dotson WF, Bardo MT. Individual differences in the effect of novel environmental stimuli prior to amphetamine self-administration in rats (Rattus norvegicus). Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 2006; 14:389-401. [PMID: 16893281 DOI: 10.1037/1064-1297.14.3.389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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These experiments determined whether individual differences in response to novelty subsequently predict the ability of novel stimuli, presented prior to the session, to decrease amphetamine self-administration. Using an inescapable locomotor test, the authors found that high-responder rats (Rattus norvegicus) showed a greater novelty-induced decrease in the acquisition of self-administration compared with low-responder rats. This effect was dose dependent and generalized to sucrose-reinforced responding. Using a free-choice place preference test, the authors found that high-novelty-seeking rats also showed a greater novelty-induced decrease in the acquisition of self-administration compared with low-novelty- seeking rats. Regardless of individual differences, novelty had little effect on amphetamine self-administration during the maintenance phase. These results suggest that exposure to novel environmental stimuli may reduce acquisition of drug-taking behavior, especially among high-novelty-seeking individuals.
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- Mary E Cain
- Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, KY 66506, USA.
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Marinelli M. The many facets of the locomotor response to a novel environment test: theoretical comment on Mitchell, Cunningham, and Mark (2005). Behav Neurosci 2006; 119:1144-51. [PMID: 16187844 DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.119.4.1144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Several animal studies have shown that there is a positive correlation between locomotor activity in response to a novel environment and acquisition of drug self-administration behavior. This finding led to the assumption that animals with heightened reactivity to novel environments are more sensitive to the rewarding effects of drugs compared with animals with reduced reactivity. But are these individuals really more responsive to drugs, or could they have enhanced sensitivity to rewards in general or even simply be better learners? In the previous issue of this journal, J. M. Mitchell, C. L. Cunningham, and G. P. Mark (2005), investigated these important matters. They reported that the locomotor response to a novel environment does not predict responding for cocaine but reflects overall differences in the ability to learn operant tasks. ((c) 2005 APA, all rights reserved).
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- Michela Marinelli
- Department of Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science/The Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, IL 60064, USA.
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Glucocorticoid hormones, individual differences, and behavioral and dopaminergic responses to psychostimulant drugs. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s0921-0709(05)80051-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Rotzinger S, Bush DEA, Vaccarino FJ. Cholecystokinin modulation of mesolimbic dopamine function: regulation of motivated behaviour. PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY 2002; 91:404-13. [PMID: 12688386 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0773.2002.910620.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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This article reviews evidence and presents a hypothesis regarding the effects of stress on motivated behaviour, and in particular the observation that stress can have both motivationally inhibitory and motivationally facilitatory effects. This issue will be addressed with regard to psychostimulant self-administration, and the role that the neurobiological mechanisms underlying motivated behaviour are thought to be involved in the evolution of addictions. Evidence from animal studies shows that stress and stress-related hormones such as corticosterone can facilitate mesolimbic dopamine function and the behavioural effects of psychostimulants, particularly at lower levels of stress. Conversely, higher levels of stress can inhibit motivated behaviour, and evidence is presented that this may occur in part through the effects of the neuropeptide cholecystokinin (CCK), acting through CCK-B receptors in the nucleus accumbens. Individual differences in endogenous CCK and dopamine systems are hypothesized to be important modulators of individual differences in motivated behaviour.
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- Susan Rotzinger
- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Karler R, Bedingfield JB, Thai DK, Calder LD. The role of the frontal cortex in the mouse in behavioral sensitization to amphetamine. Brain Res 1997; 757:228-35. [PMID: 9200751 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(97)00221-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Pharmacological studies have shown that a variety of neuroeffectors are involved in behavioral sensitization to amphetamine-induced stereotypy. In the present work, the effect of some of these drugs on sensitization was studied after intracortical administration in order to determine the role of the cortex in mediating their systemic effects. The dopamine antagonists sulpiride and spiperone were both ineffective against the acute response to amphetamine; nevertheless, both blocked the induction of sensitization, suggesting that the mesocortical dopamine pathway is not involved in the acute response but is necessary for the induction of sensitization. Both CPP, an NMDA receptor antagonist, and THIP, a GABA(A) agonist, blocked the acute response and the induction of sensitization to amphetamine. On the other hand, mecamylamine, the nicotinic cholinergic antagonist, failed to affect either the acute response or the induction of sensitization, which suggests that the cortex is not a locus of its activity. Anisomycin, an inhibitor of protein synthesis, and diltiazem, a calcium-channel blocker, were both ineffective against the acute response, but both blocked induction. All of the drugs, except CPP and THIP, were ineffective against the expression of sensitization; therefore, the ability of the other drugs to block expression must reside within another locus. Bicuculline injected intracortically in non-convulsant doses produced a stereotypy indistinguishable from that induced by amphetamine; and the effect was readily antagonized by CPP administered either systemically or intracortically. In contrast, sulpiride by either route of administration failed to block the bicuculline-induced stereotypy; we conclude, therefore, that the stereotypic effect of bicuculline is not mediated by dopamine. These results imply that amphetamine-induced stereotypy is mediated in the cortex by the removal of the inhibitory control of the excitatory system. The data also suggest that cortical dopamine, as well as the NMDA and GABA(A) systems, is important in sensitization to amphetamine. In general the data demonstrate that different neuroeffectors involved in sensitization exert their effects at different brain loci.
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- R Karler
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City 84132, USA.
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Noel MB, Gratton A. Electrochemical evidence of increased dopamine transmission in prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens elicited by ventral tegmental mu-opioid receptor activation in freely behaving rats. Synapse 1995; 21:110-22. [PMID: 8584972 DOI: 10.1002/syn.890210204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Chronoamperometry was used in combination with monoamine-selective electrodes to monitor, in nucleus accumbens (NAcc) and prefrontal cortex (PFC) of freely behaving rats, changes in dopamine (DA)-like electrochemical signals elicited by unilateral ventral tegmental microinjections of the selective mu-opioid receptor agonist D-Ala, N-Me-Phe-Gly-Ol-Enkephalin (DAMGO; 0.01, 0.1, and 1.0 nmol). The results show that DAMGO dose-dependently increased electrochemical signals both in Nacc and PFC within a few minutes of injection. While DAMGO elicited signal increases of comparable amplitudes in both regions, the increases recorded in PFC were significantly longer lasting than those in NAcc; at the highest dose tested (1.0 nmol), DAMGO produced signal increases that lasted (mean +/- sem) 129 +/- 7.3 min in PFC and 96 +/- 12.5 min in NAcc. Pretreatment with the opioid receptor antagonist, naloxone (2 mg/kg, sc), significantly attenuated the peak amplitude and reduced the duration of DAMGO-induced (0.1 nmol) signal increases both in PFC and NAcc. In contrast, pretreatment with apomorphine (50 micrograms/kg, sc), a D1/D2 DA receptor agonist, significantly reduced the duration and the rate of rise of the signal increases in both regions but had little effect on the peak increases in signal. Unilateral ventral tegmental DAMGO administration (0.01, 0.1, and 1.0 nmol) also caused dose-dependent increases in contraversive circling the duration of which approximated that of the signal increases recorded in NAcc. However, differences in the time courses of DAMGO-induced contraversive circling and signal increases in NAcc suggest that the behavioral stimulant effect of ventral tegmental mu-opioid receptor activation may not be mediated exclusively by meso-NAcc DA neurons. The results of this study suggest that enkephalins modulate the activity of meso-PFC DA neurons and that behaviorally relevant activation of mu-opioid receptors in the ventral tegmental area increases DA transmission in PFC to a same, if not to a greater extent as in NAcc. These findings are discussed in relation to evidence indicating that the response of meso-NAcc DA neurons to a variety of stimuli, including drugs of abuse, is indirectly regulated by a DA-sensitive neurons in PFC.
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- M B Noel
- McGill University, Douglas Hospital Research Center, Verdun, Quebec, Canada
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Vezina P. Amphetamine injected into the ventral tegmental area sensitizes the nucleus accumbens dopaminergic response to systemic amphetamine: an in vivo microdialysis study in the rat. Brain Res 1993; 605:332-7. [PMID: 8386970 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(93)91761-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Different groups of rats received three injections of either D-amphetamine (2.5 micrograms/0.5 microliters/side) or saline into the ventral tegmental area (VTA), one injection every third day. Two weeks following the last injection, dopamine (DA) neurotransmission in the nucleus accumbens (N. Acc.) was assessed with in vivo microdialysis before and after a challenge with systemic D-amphetamine (1.0 mg/kg, i.p.). Prior to challenge, basal extracellular concentrations of DA in the N.Acc. did not differ in VTA amphetamine- and saline-preexposed animals. Following challenge, however, both groups showed an increase in N.Acc. DA but this was significantly greater (2-fold) in VTA amphetamine-preexposed animals. These latter animals also showed significantly higher DA metabolite levels in comparison to saline-preexposed animals prior to (DOPAC) as well as after challenge (HVA). These findings extend those of behavioral experiments showing that intra-VTA amphetamine produces sensitized locomotor responding to drug challenge (J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther., 245 (1988) 1095-1102; Brain Res., 516 (1990) 99-106; Ann. NY Acad. Sci., 654 (1992) 444-447) and demonstrate that amphetamine applied to the somatodendritic region of mesolimbic DA neurons sensitizes these neurons as evidenced by their enhanced N.Acc. DA response to a systemic amphetamine challenge.
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- P Vezina
- Neurosciences, Loeb Medical Research Institute, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ont., Canada
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Striplin CD, Kalivas PW. Correlation between behavioral sensitization to cocaine and G protein ADP-ribosylation in the ventral tegmental area. Brain Res 1992; 579:181-6. [PMID: 1628210 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(92)90049-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
The ventral tegmental area is a site of action by psychostimulants in the production of behavioral sensitization. Recently, G proteins of the ventral tegmental area have been implicated in behavioral sensitization to cocaine. To further investigate the specific role of G proteins, rats were treated with either 15 or 30 mg/kg, i.p., of cocaine (x 5 days), and at 1, 6 or 24 h after the last injection in vitro pertussis toxin catalyzed adenosine diphosphate (ADP)-ribosylation was used to measure the G proteins in the ventral tegmental area, nucleus accumbens, prefrontal cortex, substantia nigra, and striatum. A significant decline in the ADP-ribosylation of G proteins, specific for the ventral tegmental area, was observed at 1 and/or 6 h but had returned to normal by 24 h. A significant negative correlation was found between the percent of G proteins ADP-ribosylated in the ventral tegmental area and the behavioral activity elicited in sensitized but not acute cocaine-treated animals at 1 h after injection. These data suggest that the G proteins ADP-ribosylated by pertussis toxin may be involved in the sensitized motor response produced by repeated cocaine administration in rats.
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Affiliation(s)
- C D Striplin
- Department of Veterinary Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology and Physiology, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-6520
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