Preexposure effects of nicotine and acetaldehyde on conditioned taste aversion induced by both drugs
Preexposure effects of nicotine and acetaldehyde on conditioned taste aversion induced by both drugs
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DOI:
10.1016/s0091-3057(00)00284-7
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发表时间:
2000-08-01
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
Amit, Z
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作者:
Kunin, D;Latendresse, MW;Amit, Z
Previous assessments have demonstrated an interaction between ethanol and nicotine in the conditioned taste-aversion (CTA) paradigm. The present study assessed whether acetaldehyde, the primary reinforcing metabolite of ethanol, would interact with nicotine as well. In six experiments, water-deprived male Wistar rats were preexposed to either acetaldehyde (0.2 or 0.3 g/kg, IP) or nicotine (0.8, 1.2, or 2 mg/kg, SC) for 3 consecutive days and then subsequently conditioned, 24 h later, with either nicotine (0.8, 1.2, or 2 mg/kg, SC) or acetaldehyde (0.2 or 0.3 g/kg, IF), respectively. There were 4 conditioning days and 4 drug-free test days, each spaced 72 h apart. On test days. animals were offered a free choice between water and saccharin. The results of the following set of experiments demonstrated a dose-related interaction between nicotine and acetaldehyde, where lower doses of each drug failed to attenuate CTA induced by one another, but a higher nicotine dose (2 mg/kg) attenuated the formation of a CTA induced by acetaldehyde (0.3 g/kg). It was argued that the primary metabolite of ethanol may play a role in the interaction between nicotine and ethanol previously observed. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Inc.