Dissociating Motivational From Physiological Withdrawal in Alcohol Dependence: Role of Central Amygdala κ-Opioid Receptors
Autor: | Jessica L Kissler, Brendan M. Walker |
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Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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0301 basic medicine Narcotic Antagonists Self Administration Dynorphin Pharmacology Amygdala 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Animals Rats Wistar Administration Intranasal Motivation Dose-Response Relationship Drug Ethanol Kindling Receptors Opioid kappa Central nucleus of the amygdala Central Amygdaloid Nucleus Alcohol dependence Antagonist Central Nervous System Depressants Naltrexone Substance Withdrawal Syndrome Alcoholism Disease Models Animal Psychiatry and Mental health 030104 developmental biology medicine.anatomical_structure Opioid Conditioning Operant Original Article Self-administration Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery medicine.drug |
Zdroj: | Neuropsychopharmacology. 41:560-567 |
ISSN: | 1740-634X 0893-133X |
Popis: | Chronic intermittent alcohol vapor exposure leads to increased dynorphin (DYN) A-like peptide expression and heightened kappa-opioid receptor (KOR) signaling in the central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA) and these neuroadaptive responses differentiate alcohol-dependent from non-dependent phenotypes. Important for therapeutic development efforts is understanding the nature of the stimulus that drives dependence-like phenotypes such as escalated alcohol self-administration. Accordingly, the present study examined the impact of intra-CeA KOR antagonism on escalated operant alcohol self-administration and physiological withdrawal symptoms during acute withdrawal and protracted abstinence in rats previously exposed to chronic intermittent alcohol vapor. Following operant training, rats were implanted with intra-CeA guide cannula and exposed to long-term intermittent alcohol vapor exposure that resulted in escalated alcohol self-administration and elevated physiological withdrawal signs during acute withdrawal. Animals received intra-CeA infusions of the KOR antagonist nor-binaltorphimine (nor-BNI; 0, 2, 4, or 6 μg) prior to operant alcohol self-administration sessions and physiological withdrawal assessment during acute withdrawal and protracted abstinence. The results indicated that site-specific KOR antagonism in the CeA ameliorated escalated alcohol self-administration during both acute withdrawal and protracted abstinence test sessions, whereas KOR antagonism had no effect on physiological withdrawal scores at either time point. These results dissociate escalated alcohol self-administration from physiological withdrawal symptoms in relation to KOR signaling in the CeA and help clarify the nature of the stimulus that drives escalated alcohol self-administration during acute withdrawal and protracted abstinence. |
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