Dopamine, but not glutamate, receptor blockade in the basolateral amygdala attenuates conditioned reward in a rat model of relapse to cocaine-seeking behavior - PubMed (original) (raw)
Comparative Study
. 2001 Mar;154(3):301-10.
doi: 10.1007/s002130000636.
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- PMID: 11351937
- DOI: 10.1007/s002130000636
Comparative Study
Dopamine, but not glutamate, receptor blockade in the basolateral amygdala attenuates conditioned reward in a rat model of relapse to cocaine-seeking behavior
R E See et al. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2001 Mar.
Abstract
Rationale: Following chronic cocaine self-administration and extinction, lesions of the basolateral amygdala (BLA) will significantly attenuate responding for secondary reward (tone + light previously paired with cocaine), without disrupting lever responding for primary reward. However, the specific neurotransmitters involved in conditioned reinstatement remain to be determined.
Objective: In the present study, we examined possible receptor substrates of amygdalar regulation of conditioned reinstatement after chronic cocaine self-administration.
Methods: Rats were allowed 2 weeks of 3-h daily sessions of cocaine self-administration along a fixed ratio (FR) 1 schedule. After 1 week of daily 3-h extinction sessions in which no programmed consequences occurred, selective antagonists of glutamate or dopamine (DA) receptors were bilaterally infused at single doses into the BLA prior to testing for a cocaine-conditioned reward (tone + light). Following three more days of extinction trials, receptor antagonist effects on reinstatement of cocaine self-administration in the absence of the conditioned stimulus were determined.
Results: Infusion of an NMDA receptor antagonist (AP-5, 1.97 micrograms/side), a kainate/alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptor antagonist (CNQX, 0.83 microgram/side), or both drugs together had no significant effects on conditioned reward or reinstatement of cocaine self-administration. In contrast, infusion of a DA D1 receptor antagonist (SCH-23390, 2 micrograms/side) or a combination of SCH-23390 and a DA D2/D3 receptor antagonist (raclopride, 5 micrograms/side) significantly reduced responding for conditioned reward, but did not affect cocaine self-administration. Raclopride alone was without effect on either test day.
Conclusions: These results suggest that conditioned reinstatement of drug-seeking behavior is dependent on amygdalar D1 receptors.
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