Modeling sensitization to stimulants in humans: an [11C]raclopride/positron emission tomography study in healthy men - PubMed (original) (raw)
Comparative Study
. 2006 Dec;63(12):1386-95.
doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.63.12.1386.
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- DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.63.12.1386
Comparative Study
Modeling sensitization to stimulants in humans: an [11C]raclopride/positron emission tomography study in healthy men
Isabelle Boileau et al. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2006 Dec.
Abstract
Context: In animals, repeated exposure to stimulant drugs leads to an enhanced drug-induced psychomotor response and increased dopamine release. This phenomenon, known as sensitization, may confer vulnerability to drug addiction or drug-induced psychosis in humans. A similar phenomenon, referred to as endogenous sensitization, is also believed to play a role in the emergence of positive symptoms in patients with schizophrenia.
Objective: To determine whether behavioral and neurochemical sensitization occur in healthy individuals after limited exposure to amphetamine in the laboratory.
Design: Open-label, 1-year follow-up of repeated amphetamine administration in healthy volunteers.
Setting: Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, and McConnell Brain Imaging Center, Montreal Neurological Institute.
Participants: Ten healthy men (mean +/- SD age, 25.8 +/- 1.8 years).
Intervention: Three single doses of amphetamine (dextroamphetamine sulfate, 0.3 mg/kg by mouth) were administered on days 1, 3, and 5.
Main outcome measures: Using positron emission tomography and [11C]raclopride, we measured dopamine release in response to amphetamine on the first exposure (day 1) and 14 days and 1 year after the third exposure.
Results: The initial dose of amphetamine caused dopamine release in the ventral striatum (a reduction in [11C]raclopride binding). Consistent with a sensitization-like phenomenon, 14 and 365 days after the third dose of amphetamine there was a greater psychomotor response and increased dopamine release (a greater reduction in [11C]raclopride binding), relative to the initial dose, in the ventral striatum, progressively extending to the dorsal caudate and putamen. A high novelty-seeking personality trait and self-rating assessments indicating impulsivity predicted proneness to sensitization.
Conclusions: Sensitization to stimulants can be achieved in healthy men in the laboratory. This phenomenon is associated with increased dopamine release and persists for at least 1 year.
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