کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2494782 1115580 2007 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The GABAB receptor agonist baclofen prevents heroin-induced reinstatement of heroin-seeking behavior in rats
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علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب رفتاری
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The GABAB receptor agonist baclofen prevents heroin-induced reinstatement of heroin-seeking behavior in rats
چکیده انگلیسی

Opiate addiction is a chronic relapsing disorder characterized by high rates of relapse. The γ-aminobutyric acid GABAB receptor agonist baclofen is known to affect the reinforcing effects of several drugs of abuse, including heroin, as well as to decrease cue-maintained responding for heroin, cocaine and nicotine and suppress alcohol deprivation effect in rats. Here we studied the effect of baclofen on the reinstatement of extinguished heroin-seeking behavior triggered by a priming injection of heroin in abstinent rats trained to stably self-administer heroin (30 μg/kg per infusion) under a continuous reinforcement schedule. Following extinction, the effect of non-contingent non-reinforced primings with heroin, baclofen or heroin/baclofen combination on the resumption of responding was evaluated. Results indicate that heroin priming (0.25 mg/kg) promptly reinitiated heroin-seeking behavior, an effect dose-dependently reduced by baclofen at doses (0.625 and 1.25 mg/kg) not affecting responding per sè. Importantly, baclofen did not affect locomotion either alone or in combination with heroin, dispelling any doubt as to the eliciting of possible non-specific (motor) effects. The present results show that GABAB receptor activation may reduce the propensity to resume drug-induced heroin-seeking behavior thus offering a possible approach in maintaining opiate abstinence.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Neuropharmacology - Volume 52, Issue 7, June 2007, Pages 1555–1562
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