COCAINE CONDITIONED PLACE PREFERENCE IS ATTENUATED BY CHRONIC BUPRENORPHINE TREATMENT

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作者
KOSTEN, TA [1 ]
MARBY, DW [1 ]
NESTLER, EJ [1 ]
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[1] YALE UNIV, SCH MED, DEPT PSYCHIAT, MOLEC PSYCHIAT LAB, NEW HAVEN, CT 06519 USA
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10.1016/0024-3205(91)90490-3
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R-3 [医学研究方法]; R3 [基础医学];
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Previous research shows that buprenorphine (BUP), a mixed opioid agonist-antagonist, reduces cocaine use in humans and suppresses cocaine self-administration in monkeys. The present study found that BUP reduces cocaine's ability to condition a place preference in rats. Compared to vehicle treated rats, rats treated with BUP 2 times/day for 2 weeks spent significantly less time in the cocaine conditioned place compared to their respective saline trained controls. No conditioned place preference was shown for BUP alone. These results further implicate a role for the opioid system in cocaine use and stress the importance of differentiating chronic vs. acute opioid effects.
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