SELECTIVE ATTENUATION OF COCAINE-INDUCED STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR BY OXYTOCIN - PUTATIVE ROLE OF BASAL FOREBRAIN TARGET SITES

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SARNYAI, Z [1 ]
BABARCZY, E [1 ]
KRIVAN, M [1 ]
SZABO, G [1 ]
KOVACS, GL [1 ]
BARTH, T [1 ]
TELEGDY, G [1 ]
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[1] CZECHOSLOVAK ACAD SCI, INST ORGAN CHEM & BIOCHEM, CS-11142 PRAGUE 1, CZECHOSLOVAKIA
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10.1016/0143-4179(91)90073-R
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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The effects of oxytocin (OXT), arginine- and lysine-vasopressin (AVP and LVP) and an OXT-receptor antagonist on cocaine-induced sniffing behaviour were investigated in rats. OXT, but not AVP or LVP injected subcutaneously (s.c.) attenuated cocaine-induced sniffing. The effect of OXT (s.c.) was inhibited by an OXT-receptor antagonist administered intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.).l.c.v. administration of different doses of OXT in nanogram quantities caused a dose-dependent attentuation of cocaine-induced sniffing. Local cerebral microinjection of OXT into the accumbens nucleus and olfactory tubercle but not into the olfactory nucleus, central amygdaloid nucleus or caudate nucleus, inhibited the cocaine-induced sniffing behaviour. These results demonstrate that OXT selectively attenuates the cocaine-induced stereotyped behaviour through basal forebrain target sites.
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