Abstract
Sensitization to the locomotor-stimulant effects of drugs is thought to play an important role in the development of drug-seeking behaviour. We hypothesized that the ability of acamprosate to reduce alcohol relapse rates in recovering alcoholics, and alcohol consumption in rodents, may be related to its ability to reduce sensitization to the locomotor-stimulant effects of alcohol. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether acamprosate reduces the expression of sensitization to the locomotor-stimulant effects of alcohol in lines of mice selectively bred for high (HAP) and low (LAP) alcohol preference. Mice were given six intraperitoneal (i.p.) injections of alcohol (3 g/kg) or saline at 48 h intervals. The test for sensitization to the locomotor-stimulant effects of alcohol consisted of a challenge dose of 2 g/kg i.p. alcohol followed immediately by assessment of locomotor activity for 20 min. Mice were pretreated with either saline or acamprosate (400mg/kg) at 14 h and again at 2 h before the alcohol challenge. Both HAP and LAP mice showed sensitization to the locomotor-stimulant effects of alcohol. Acamprosate reduced the expression of sensitization to the locomotor-stimulant effects of alcohol in HAP but not LAP mice. These data suggest complex effects of acamprosate on alcohol-stimulated locomotor activity that depend on genotype.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 535-543 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Behavioural Pharmacology |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 6-7 |
| State | Published - 2001 |
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Keywords
- Acamprosate
- Alcohol preference
- Craving
- Locomotor activity
- Mouse
- Relapse
- Sensitization
- Strain difference
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pharmacology
- Neuroscience(all)
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Effects of acamprosate on sensitization to the locomotor-stimulant effects of alcohol in mice selectively bred for high and low alcohol preference. / Chester, Julia A.; Grahame, N. J.; Li, T. K.; Lumeng, L.; Froehlich, Janice.
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T1 - Effects of acamprosate on sensitization to the locomotor-stimulant effects of alcohol in mice selectively bred for high and low alcohol preference
AU - Chester, Julia A.
AU - Grahame, N. J.
AU - Li, T. K.
AU - Lumeng, L.
AU - Froehlich, Janice
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Sensitization to the locomotor-stimulant effects of drugs is thought to play an important role in the development of drug-seeking behaviour. We hypothesized that the ability of acamprosate to reduce alcohol relapse rates in recovering alcoholics, and alcohol consumption in rodents, may be related to its ability to reduce sensitization to the locomotor-stimulant effects of alcohol. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether acamprosate reduces the expression of sensitization to the locomotor-stimulant effects of alcohol in lines of mice selectively bred for high (HAP) and low (LAP) alcohol preference. Mice were given six intraperitoneal (i.p.) injections of alcohol (3 g/kg) or saline at 48 h intervals. The test for sensitization to the locomotor-stimulant effects of alcohol consisted of a challenge dose of 2 g/kg i.p. alcohol followed immediately by assessment of locomotor activity for 20 min. Mice were pretreated with either saline or acamprosate (400mg/kg) at 14 h and again at 2 h before the alcohol challenge. Both HAP and LAP mice showed sensitization to the locomotor-stimulant effects of alcohol. Acamprosate reduced the expression of sensitization to the locomotor-stimulant effects of alcohol in HAP but not LAP mice. These data suggest complex effects of acamprosate on alcohol-stimulated locomotor activity that depend on genotype.
AB - Sensitization to the locomotor-stimulant effects of drugs is thought to play an important role in the development of drug-seeking behaviour. We hypothesized that the ability of acamprosate to reduce alcohol relapse rates in recovering alcoholics, and alcohol consumption in rodents, may be related to its ability to reduce sensitization to the locomotor-stimulant effects of alcohol. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether acamprosate reduces the expression of sensitization to the locomotor-stimulant effects of alcohol in lines of mice selectively bred for high (HAP) and low (LAP) alcohol preference. Mice were given six intraperitoneal (i.p.) injections of alcohol (3 g/kg) or saline at 48 h intervals. The test for sensitization to the locomotor-stimulant effects of alcohol consisted of a challenge dose of 2 g/kg i.p. alcohol followed immediately by assessment of locomotor activity for 20 min. Mice were pretreated with either saline or acamprosate (400mg/kg) at 14 h and again at 2 h before the alcohol challenge. Both HAP and LAP mice showed sensitization to the locomotor-stimulant effects of alcohol. Acamprosate reduced the expression of sensitization to the locomotor-stimulant effects of alcohol in HAP but not LAP mice. These data suggest complex effects of acamprosate on alcohol-stimulated locomotor activity that depend on genotype.
KW - Acamprosate
KW - Alcohol preference
KW - Craving
KW - Locomotor activity
KW - Mouse
KW - Relapse
KW - Sensitization
KW - Strain difference
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VL - 12
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EP - 543
JO - Psychiatric Genetics
JF - Psychiatric Genetics
SN - 0955-8829
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