ACAMPROSATE AND DIAZEPAM DIFFERENTIALLY MODULATE ALCOHOL-INDUCED BEHAVIORAL AND CORTICAL ALTERATIONS IN RATS FOLLOWING CHRONIC INHALATION OF ETHANOL VAPOR
ACAMPROSATE AND DIAZEPAM DIFFERENTIALLY MODULATE ALCOHOL-INDUCED BEHAVIORAL AND CORTICAL ALTERATIONS IN RATS FOLLOWING CHRONIC INHALATION OF ETHANOL VAPOR
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DOI：
10.1093/oxfordjournals.alcalc.a045093
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发表时间：
1991-01-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
DEWITTE, P
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作者：
GEWISS, M;HEIDBREDER, C;DEWITTE, P
The effects of Acamprosate (the calcium salt of an acetylated form of homotaurine) and the benzodiazepine-receptor agonist Diazepam, were investigated on the alcohol-induced behavioural preference towards alcohol following chronic alcoholization by inhalation. We also examined the effects of Acamprosate and Diazepam on the blood alcohol level (BAL) and on the cortical microvascular network. Acamprosate (50, 100, 200 and 400 mg/kg daily per os during the alcoholization period) did not significantly reduce either BAL or alcohol-induced cortical hypervascularization. Increasing dosages of Acamprosate (i.e. 50, 100, and 200 mg/kg/day), however, progressively reduced preference for alcohol as expressed in a free choice beverage procedure, whereas 400 mg/kg/day of Acamprosate immediately stopped this behaviour. Acamprosate (50 mg/kg/day) also reduced the spontaneous activity of rats during the withdrawal syndrome. By contrast, Diazepam (5 mg/kg) induced inversion in the animals' choice (i.e. increased water consumption versus decreased alcohol intake) during the same experimental procedure, and potentiated the alcohol-induced hypermotility of the animals during the withdrawal syndrome without altering cortical hypervascularization. Taken together, our data provide evidence that both substances exert dose-dependent effects on preference towards alcohol, but display opposite profiles on spontaneous motor activity during the withdrawal phase without any modification of brain microvascularization or blood alcohol levels.
