The 5 -HT3 receptor antagonists, granisetron and ondansetron, do not affect cocaine-induced shifts in intra-cranial self-stimulation thresholds
Hatcher, J.P.; Boyland, P.; Hagan, J.J.; Hatcher, J.P., Psychiatry Research Department, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, New Frontiers Science Park, Third Avenue, Harlow, Essex CM19 5AW, UK; Boyland, P., Psychiatry Research Department, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, New Frontiers Science Park, Third Avenue, Harlow, Essex CM19 5AW, UK; Hagan, J.J., Psychiatry Research Department, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, New Frontiers Science Park, Third Avenue, Harlow, Essex CM19 5AW, UK
Журнал:
Journal of Psychopharmacology
Дата:
1995
Аннотация:
The effects of the 5-HT<sub> 3</sub> receptor antagonists, granisetron and ondansetron, were investigated on behaviour maintained by intracranial self-stimulation (ICSS). Rats, implanted with bipolar electrodes in the lateral hypothalamus, were trained to lever press on a continuous reinforcement schedule for positively reinforcing trains of electrical stimulation. The frequency at which responding reached 50% of maximum (M50) and the maximum rate of responding (asymptote) were used to measure drug effects. Granisetron (0.01-0.1 mg/kg i.p ) and ondansetron (0.03-0.3 mg/kg i.p ) had no effect on either parameter. In contrast, cocaine (20 mg/kg i.p ) potentiated rewarded responding, reducing M50 values, but neither granisetron (0.01-3.0 mg/kg i.p ) nor ondansetron (0.03-0.3 mg/kg i.p ) blocked this effect. Neither did granisetron (0.1-10.0 mg/kg i.p ) alter the effect of lower doses of cocaine (10 mg/kg i.p.). These data suggest that 5 -HT<sub> 3</sub> receptors do not play a significant role in mediating responding maintained by ICSS in the rat through hypothalamic electrodes. Neither do they modulate cocaine-induced potentiation of the behaviour.
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