Reduction in methamphetamine induced sensitization and reinstatement after combined pergolide plus ondansetron treatment during withdrawal
Reduction in methamphetamine induced sensitization and reinstatement after combined pergolide plus ondansetron treatment during withdrawal
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10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.02.056
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发表时间:
2007-06-22
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5
通讯作者:
Ellinwood, Everett H.
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作者:
Davidson, Colin;Gopalan, Rupa;Ellinwood, Everett H.
We have previously found the 5-HT3 receptor antagonist ondansetron to be useful in reducing cocaine self-administration and cocaine induced sensitization in rats when given during cocaine withdrawal. More recently we have found the combination of the dopamine agonist pergolide plus ondansetron, 3.5 h later, to reverse cocaine sensitization and associated changes in NMDA and AMPA receptors. Here we tested this drug combination in 1) a methamphetamine sensitization model and 2) a reinstatement model after intravenous methamphetamine self-administration using a nose-poke task. We found pergolide plus ondansetron given from days 3-7 of methamphetamine withdrawal to reverse methamplictamine induced sensitization and attenuate reinstatement. We hypothesize that pergolide may evoke a methamphetamine associated memory and that ondansetron can disrupt its reconsolidation. These data suggest that pergolide plus ondansetron treatment may be useful as a therapy to reduce relapse in methamphetamine abusers. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.