DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS EFFECTS OF COCAINE - ANTAGONISM BY DOPAMINE D-1 RECEPTOR BLOCKADE IN THE AMYGDALA

被引:24
作者
CALLAHAN, PM
BRYAN, SK
CUNNINGHAM, KA
机构
[1] University of Texas Medical Branch, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology J-31, Galveston
关键词
COCAINE; DRUG DISCRIMINATION; CENTRAL AMYGDALA; DOPAMINE D-1 RECEPTORS; SCH; 23390; MICROINJECTION; RAT;
D O I
10.1016/0091-3057(95)00027-T
中图分类号
B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Mesolimbic dopamine (DA) D-1 and D-2 receptors appear to be involved in mediating the discriminative stimulus effects of cocaine. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the role of the amygdala and, in particular, central amygdala DA D-1 receptors, in modulating the stimulus effects of cocaine. Thus, rats were trained to discriminate cocaine (10 mg/kg, IF) from saline using a two-lever, water-reinforced FR 20 drug discrimination task. In substitution tests, systemic (IF) administration of cocaine (0.625-20 mg/kg) produced a dose-related increase in cocaine-lever responding. Intracranial bilateral injections of cocaine (20-200 mu g, total dose) into the central amygdala engendered, at best, a partial substitution (<60% drug-lever responding) for the systemic cocaine cue. Central amygdala microinjections of artificial cerebrospinal fluid (ACSF; 1 mu l/side) or SCH 23390 (0.5-2 mu g, total dose) resulted in primarily saline-appropriate responding. In antagonism-tests, bilateral injections of the DA D-1 receptor antagonist SCH 23390 (0.5-2 mu g, total dose) into the central amygdala produced a dose-related blockade of a systemic dose of cocaine (5 mg/kg) that engendered >85% cocaine-lever responding when given alone. Additionally, bilateral injection of a fixed dose of SCH 23390 (2 mu g) into the central amygdala resulted in a rightward shift in the cocaine dose-response curve (2.5-20 mg/kg). Although administration of cocaine into the central amygdala does not mimic the systemic cocaine cue, the present results demonstrate that DA D-1 receptors located within the central amygdala appear to have a modulatory role upon the discriminative stimulus properties of cocaine.
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