Changes of behavior and monoamine metabolites in the rat brain after repeated methamphetamine administration: Effects of duration of repeated administration
| Autor: | Yoshinori Watanabe, Toshiaki Shishido, Shin-Ichi Niwa, Ryu Horikoshi, Hiroyuki Abe, Hiroki Suzuki, Minoru Shiragata, Kyouichi Honda |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Microdialysis Time Factors Pharmacology Methamphetamine chemistry.chemical_compound Dopamine medicine Animals Biogenic Monoamines Rats Wistar Biological Psychiatry Sensitization Behavior Animal business.industry Homovanillic acid Brain Rats Stereotypy (non-human) medicine.anatomical_structure Monoamine neurotransmitter chemistry Dopamine receptor business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 21:359-369 |
| ISSN: | 0278-5846 |
| Popis: | 1. The authors studied the mechanism of the reverse-tolerance phenomenon caused by long-term administration of central stimulant drugs. Methamphetamine(MAP) was chronically administered to rats, and the reverse-tolerance phenomenon was studied in terms of behavioral changes and changes in monoamine metabolites, the latter being examined by in vivo microdialysis of the extracellular compartment of the corpus-striatum. The authors also studied [3H]SCH23390 and [3H]spiperone binding to striatal membranes after chronic MAP administration. 2. MAP(4 mg/kg) or saline was administered intraperitoneally once daily to male rats. In Groups 1 and 2, 10 and 30 injections of MAP were given, respectively. In Groups 3 and 4, animals received 10 and 30 injections of saline as controls. One week after the final injection, all rats were challenged with 4 mg/kg MAP. 3. Groups 1 and 2 displayed more intense stereotypy than Groups 3 and 4, indicating that behavioral sensitization had been achieved in the former. Dopamine(DA) levels increased rapidly in response to MAP challenge in all groups, with the increases in Groups 1 and 2 being more marked than that in Groups 3 and 4. Group 1 showed greater persistence and a higher rate of DA increase than Group 2. 4. The number of D1 and D2 dopamine receptors did not change after the repeated MAP administration. 5. The rate of increase in DA release induced by MAP was dependent on the duration of repeated administration, and there was no correlation between the intensity of stereotypy and the rate of increase in DA release induced by MAP. These findings suggest that enhancement in DA release is unlikely to be the sole cause of behavioral sensitization. |
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