EFFECTS OF DESGLYCINAMIDE9, (ARG8)VASOPRESSIN AND VASOPRESSIN ANTISERUM ON THE ACQUISITION OF INTRAVENOUS COCAINE SELF-ADMINISTRATION IN THE RAT
EFFECTS OF DESGLYCINAMIDE9, (ARG8)VASOPRESSIN AND VASOPRESSIN ANTISERUM ON THE ACQUISITION OF INTRAVENOUS COCAINE SELF-ADMINISTRATION IN THE RAT
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DOI:
10.1016/0024-3205(88)90247-0
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发表时间:
1988-01-01
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影响因子:
6.1
通讯作者:
VANREE, JM
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作者:
DEVRY, J;DONSELAAR, I;VANREE, JM
The effect of the vasopressin neuropeptide desglycinamide9, (Arg8) vasopressin (DGAVP) on the acquisition of intravenous cocaine self-administration was studied. Rats were tested under conditions of reduced body weight in a continuous reinforcement operant procedure, during five daily 3 h sessions. Under these conditions, the rate of self-administration obtained with 0.125 and 0.25, but not 0.063 mg.ml−1cocaine, exceeded the rate obtained with saline. Daily pretreatment with DGAVP (5 μg/rat, s.c.) decreased self-administration of 0.125 and 0.25 mg.ml−1cocaine to the level obtained with saline, but had no effect on self-administration of 0.063 mg.ml−1cocaine and saline. Using a similar procedure, it was shown that daily intracerebroventricular pretreatment with vasopressin antiserum significantly increased self-administration of 0.125 mg.ml−1cocaine, without affecting self-administration of 0.063 and 0.25 mg.ml−1cocaine and saline. The results support previous findings obtained with vasopressin neuropeptides in drug self-administration studies and suggest that DGAVP decreases the acquisition of cocaine self-administration by attenuating the reinforcing effects of cocaine and that endogenous vasopressin may be involved in the acquisition of cocaine self-administration.