Publication Date:
1996-03-15
Description:
Activation of the mesolimbic dopamine system is known to trigger relapse in animal models of cocaine-seeking behavior. We found that this "priming" effect was selectively induced by D2-like, and not by D1-like, dopamine receptor agonists in rats. Moreover, D1-like receptor agonists prevented cocaine-seeking behavior induced by cocaine itself, whereas D2-like receptor agonists enhanced this behavior. These results demonstrate an important dissociation between D1- and D2-like receptor processes in cocaine-seeking behavior and support further evaluation of D1-like receptor agonists as a possible pharmacotherapy for cocaine addiction.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Self, D W -- Barnhart, W J -- Lehman, D A -- Nestler, E J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1996 Mar 15;271(5255):1586-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, 06508, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8599115" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Behavior, Addictive/*etiology
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Behavior, Animal/drug effects
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Benzazepines/pharmacology
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Caffeine/pharmacology
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*Cocaine/administration & dosage
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Dopamine Agonists/*pharmacology
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Ergolines/pharmacology
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Male
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Motor Activity/drug effects
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Quinpirole
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Rats
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Rats, Sprague-Dawley
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Receptors, Dopamine D1/agonists/*physiology
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Receptors, Dopamine D2/agonists/*physiology
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Recurrence
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Reinforcement (Psychology)
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Substance-Related Disorders/*etiology
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Tetrahydronaphthalenes/pharmacology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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