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The acute effects of methylenedioxymethamphetamine on dopamine release in the awake-behaving rat.

The effects of the recently classified Schedule I amphetamine analog, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine [+/-)-MDMA) on caudate and nucleus accumbens dopamine release and metabolism were studied by in vivo voltammetry and HPLC with electrochemical…

Tags: 1988, 3, 4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid/metabolism, 4-methylenedioxyamphetamine, 4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine/analogs & derivatives/*pharmacology, Amphetamines/*pharmacology, Animals, Brain/drug effects/metabolism, Caudate Nucleus/drug effects/metabolism, Consciousness, Dopamine/*metabolism, European journal of pharmacology, Inbred Strains, Male, N-Methyl-3, Nucleus Accumbens/drug effects/metabolism, Rats, Spanos L J, Yamamoto B K

A neurochemical heterogeneity of the rat striatum as measured by in vivo electrochemistry and microdialysis.

The neurochemical heterogeneity of the rat striatum was assessed in vivo by measuring subregional changes in extracellular dopamine and DOPAC by in vivo electrochemistry and microdialysis in response to amphetamine and the D2 antagonist,…

Tags: 1990, 3, 4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid/metabolism, Amphetamines/*pharmacology, Animals, Brain research, Corpus Striatum/*metabolism, Dopamine D2, Dopamine/*metabolism, Dopamine/drug effects, Electrochemistry, Inbred Strains, Male, Pehek E A, Rats, Receptors, Sulpiride/*pharmacology, Yamamoto B K

Tamoxifen increases methamphetamine-evoked dopamine output from superfused striatal tissue fragments of male mice.

The antiestrogen, tamoxifen (TMX), has been shown to function as a neuroprotectant against the nigrostriatal dopaminergic (NSDA) neurotoxin, methamphetamine (MA), within male mice. In the present report, we examined the effects of a combined infusion…

Tags: 2004, Animals, Brain research, Corpus Striatum/*drug effects/*metabolism, Dluzen Dean E, Dopamine Agents/*pharmacology, Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins, Dopamine/*metabolism, Drug Synergism, Estrogen Antagonists/*pharmacology, Inbred Strains, Male, Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism, Membrane Transport Proteins/metabolism, Methamphetamine/*pharmacology, Mice, Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism, Tamoxifen/*pharmacology, Willett Matthew C

Non-neural and neural expression of myosin heavy chains by regenerated intrafusal fibers of rats.

Expression of myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoforms was studied in rat soleus (SOL) and extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles which regenerated in the presence or absence of innervation. Frozen sections of two 5 day denervated SOL and EDL grafts, two…

Tags: *Muscle Denervation, *Nerve Regeneration, 1991, Afferent/*metabolism, Animals, Female, Inbred Strains, Kucera J, Motor Endplate/metabolism, Muscles/*metabolism/transplantation, Myosins/analysis/*biosynthesis, Narvy R, Neurons, Neuroscience letters, Organ Specificity, Rats, Walro J M

Innervation of regenerated spindles in muscle grafts of the rat.

Features of the nerve supply and the encapsulated fibers of muscle spindles were assessed in grafted and normal extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles of rats by analysis of serial 10-microns frozen transverse sections stained for enzymes which…

Sharing of sensory terminals between the dynamic bag1 and static bag2 fibers in the rat muscle spindle.

The nuclear bag1 intrafusal fiber mediates the dynamic (velocity) sensitivity, whereas the nuclear bag2 and nuclear chain fibers mediate the static (length) sensitivity of muscle spindles to stretch. The pattern of branching of primary and secondary…

Tags: 1987, Afferent/*ultrastructure, Animals, Axons/ultrastructure, Brain research, Female, Inbred Strains, Kucera J, Muscle Spindles/*ultrastructure, Nerve Fibers/*ultrastructure, Neurons, Rats, Walro J M

The development of long-term potentiation in hippocampus and neocortex.

The development of long-term potentiation (LTP), an enduring alteration in synaptic efficacy following afferent activation, was examined in CA1 hippocampus and primary visual cortex of rat. Both regions show little LTP prior to postnatal day 5,…

Projections from the medial agranular cortex to brain stem visuomotor centers in rats.

Projections from medial agranular cortex to brain stem in rat were determined by use of the anterograde tracers Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin, or wheat germ agglutinin conjugated horseradish peroxidase. Axonal trajectories were also followed by…

Tags: 1990, Animals, Brain Stem/*cytology, Cerebral Cortex/*cytology, Experimental brain research, Female, Horseradish Peroxidase, Immunohistochemistry, Inbred Strains, Male, Newman D B, Phytohemagglutinins, Rats, Stuesse S L, Visual Pathways/*anatomy & histology, Wheat Germ Agglutinin-Horseradish Peroxidase Conjugate, Wheat Germ Agglutinins

Acute and subchronic effects of methylenedioxymethamphetamine [(+/-)MDMA] on locomotion and serotonin syndrome behavior in the rat.

Specific behaviors comprising the serotonin syndrome (low body posture, forepaw treading, headweaving) and the autonomic signs of piloerection and salivation were determined and analyzed with locomotor activity in response to MDMA at three doses…

A comparative analysis of monoaminergic involvement in the spinal antinociceptive action of DAMPGO and DPDPE.

The antinociceptive properties of intrathecally (i.t.) administered [D-Ala2,

The role of dopamine and serotonin receptors in the mediation of the ethanol interoceptive cue.

The drug discrimination paradigm was used to evaluate the contribution of dopamine or serotonin receptors in the mediation of the stimulus properties of ethanol. Briefly, rats were trained to discriminate between ethanol (600 mg/kg, IP) and water…

Tags: 1988, Animals, Conditioning, Cues, Discrimination (Psychology)/*physiology, Dopamine/drug effects/*physiology, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Ethanol/*pharmacology, Inbred Strains, Male, Operant/physiology, Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, Rats, Receptors, Schechter M D, Serotonin/drug effects/*physiology, Signs S A

Stability of the stimulus properties of drugs over time.

Three separate groups of rats were trained to discriminate the stimulus effects of either 600 mg/kg ethanol (n = 5), 0.8 mg/kg d-amphetamine (n = 8) or 1.0 mg/kg

Tags: *Discrimination (Psychology), 1989, Animals, Boja J W, Dextroamphetamine/*pharmacology, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Drug Tolerance, Ethanol/*pharmacology, Inbred Strains, Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, Piperazines/*pharmacology, Rats, Schechter M D, Signs S A

Interaction of ethanol and tetrahydro-beta-carboline (THBC) in a discriminative task.

Rats (n = 10) were trained to discriminate between ethanol (600 mg/kg, IP) and its vehicle, or between THBC (20 mg/kg) and its vehicle in a two-lever food-motivated operant task. Once the discriminative training criterion was attained, rats in each…

Tags: 1988, Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.), Animal/drug effects, Animals, Behavior, Carbolines/*pharmacology, Conditioning (Psychology)/drug effects, Discrimination Learning/*drug effects, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Drug Interactions, Ethanol/*pharmacology, Inbred Strains, Male, Rats, Schechter M D, Signs S A

Direct microinjection of cathinone into the rat brain produces discriminative stimuli.

Rats were trained to discriminate IP administration of 800 micrograms/kg cathinone using a food-motivated, two-lever discrimination procedure. Following training, 800 micrograms/kg cathinone discrimination was produced (generalized) by lower…

Genetic selection for nicotine activity in mice correlates with conditioned place preference.

Genetically heterogenous stock (HS) mice are being used to develop lines which have differential locomotor response to subcutaneously administered (0.75 mg/kg) nicotine. These groups of nicotine-depressed, nicotine-activated or randomly bred control…

Tags: *Conditioning, 1995, Analysis of Variance, Animals, European journal of pharmacology, Female, Inbred Strains, Male, Meehan S M, Mice, Movement/*drug effects, Nicotine/*pharmacology, Operant, Schechter J B, Schechter M D

Role of dopamine D1 receptors in cocaine lethality.

One group of heterogeneously bred HS mice was assigned to test coadministration of the selective D1 antagonist SCH 23390 with a dose of cocaine (95 mg/kg) that was observed to produce 80% lethality, whereas a second group was tested by cotreatment…

Tags: 1995, Animals, Benzazepines/pharmacology, Cocaine/*toxicity, Dopamine Agonists/pharmacology, Dopamine D1/agonists/antagonists & inhibitors/*drug effects, Female, Inbred Strains, Lethal Dose 50, Male, Meehan S M, Mice, Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, Phenanthridines/pharmacology, Receptors, Schechter M D, Sex Characteristics

Serotonergic mediation of cocaine seizures in mice.

We used genetically heterogeneous HS mice to investigate the effects of drugs that alter brain concentrations of serotonin on cocaine-induced convulsions and lethality. The racemer of fenfluramine, which increases synaptic serotonin, was…

Further evidence for the mechanisms that may mediate nicotine discrimination.

Rats were trained to discriminate the interoceptive stimuli produced by subcutaneously administered 0.4 mg/kg nicotine in a two-lever, food-motivated, operant task. Once criterion performance was attained, dose-response experiments indicated an ED50…

Tags: 1992, Animals, Calcium Channel Blockers/pharmacology, Dihydropyridines/pharmacology, Discrimination Learning, Dopamine/*metabolism, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Inbred Strains, Indoles/pharmacology, Isradipine, Male, Meehan S M, Nicotine/administration & dosage/*pharmacology, Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, Rats, Schechter M D, Thiazepines/pharmacology, Tropisetron

Effect of repeated administrations upon cathinone discrimination and conditioned place preference.

1. Eight male rats were trained to discriminate the interoceptive cues produced by 0.8 mg/kg l-cathinone in a two-lever, food-motivated operant task and they were, subsequently, tested for preference to cathinone in a conditioned place preference…

Tags: 1991, Alkaloids/*pharmacology, Animals, Conditioning, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Discrimination (Psychology)/*drug effects, Drug Tolerance/physiology, General pharmacology, Inbred Strains, Male, McBurney D, NEOMED College of Medicine, Operant/*drug effects, Psychotropic Drugs/*pharmacology, Rats, Schechter M D

Lack of generalization of nisoxetine with amphetamine in the rat.

Rats were trained to discriminate between the stimulus properties of intraperitoneally administered d-amphetamine (0.8 mg/kg) and its vehicle in a two-lever, food-motivated operant task. Once trained, doses of the norepinephrine reuptake inhibiting…

Tags: *Discrimination (Psychology), 1988, Animals, Boja J W, Conditioning, Dextroamphetamine/*pharmacology, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Fluoxetine/*analogs & derivatives/pharmacology, Inbred Strains, Male, Norepinephrine/antagonists & inhibitors, Operant/*drug effects, Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, Rats, Reference Values, Schechter M D

Time-dependent effect of ethanol upon discrimination behavior.

The discriminative stimulus properties produced by ethanol were employed to demonstrate differences in discriminative performance over time in rats trained at different postinjection times. Thus, one group of rats was trained to discriminate between…

Tags: 1989, Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.), Animals, Discrimination (Psychology)/*drug effects, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Ethanol/*pharmacology, Inbred Strains, Male, Rats, Schechter M D, Time Factors

Tetrahydro-beta-carboline may produce its stimulus effects via 5HT1B receptors.

To further clarify the role of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5HT) in the behavioral effects of tetrahydro-beta-carboline, male rats were trained to discriminate either 20 mg/kg THBC from its vehicle (n = 10) or 2.0 mg/kg fenfluramine from saline (n = 5). THBC…

Tags: 1987, Animals, Carbolines/*pharmacology, Discrimination Learning/drug effects, Inbred Strains, Male, Metergoline/pharmacology, Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, Piperazines/pharmacology, Rats, Receptors, Schechter M D, Serotonin Antagonists/pharmacology, Serotonin/*metabolism

Temporal differences in behavioral effect of fenfluramine and norfenfluramine.

Ten male rats were trained to discriminate the anorectic drug d,l-fenfluramine (2.0 mg/kg intraperitoneally administered) from its vehicle using a food-reinforced (fixed-ratio 10 schedule) two-lever operant task. Once learned, the fenfluramine…

Tags: 1990, Animal/*drug effects, Animals, Behavior, Discrimination Learning/*drug effects, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Fenfluramine/*analogs & derivatives/*pharmacology, Inbred Strains, Injections, Intraperitoneal, Male, Norfenfluramine/*pharmacology, Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, Rats, Schechter M D, Stereoisomerism

Temporal parameters of cathinone, amphetamine and cocaine.

Rats were trained to discriminate intraperitoneally administered 0.8 mg/kg

Tags: 1989, Alkaloids/*pharmacology, Amphetamines/*pharmacology, Animals, Cocaine/*pharmacology, Conditioning, Discrimination (Psychology)/*drug effects, Inbred Strains, Male, Operant/*drug effects, Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, Rats, Schechter M D, Task Performance and Analysis, Time Factors

Serotonergic-dopaminergic mediation of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, "ecstasy").

A series of three experiments were conducted to investigate the possible serotonergic and dopaminergic mediation of the discriminative stimulus properties of the "designer" drug MDMA. In Experiment 1, rats trained to discriminate 1.5 mg/kg (+/-)-MDMA…

Rats become acutely tolerant to cathine after amphetamine or cathinone administration.

The drug discrimination paradigm was used to evaluate in rats the ability of the discriminate response to either 0.8 mg/kg d-amphetamine or 0.8 mg/kg l-cathinone to generalize to 2.4-6.0 mg/kg of the active cathinone metabolite d-norpseudoephedrine,…

Tags: 1990, Alkaloids/*pharmacology, Amphetamine/*pharmacology, Animals, Antipsychotic Agents/pharmacology, Discrimination (Psychology)/drug effects, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Drug Tolerance, Inbred Strains, Male, Phenylpropanolamine/*pharmacology, Psychopharmacology, Psychotropic Drugs/*pharmacology, Rats, Schechter M D, Thiazepines/pharmacology

Potentiation of cathinone by caffeine and nikethamide.

The drug discrimination paradigm was employed to evaluate the effect of coadministration of both caffeine and nikethamide upon the discrimination of a low dose of cathinone. In rats trained to discriminate between 0.8 mg/kg l-cathinone and its…

Tags: 1989, Alkaloids/*pharmacology, Animals, Caffeine/*pharmacology, Discrimination (Psychology)/*drug effects, Drug Combinations/pharmacology, Drug Synergism, Inbred Strains, Male, Nikethamide/*pharmacology, Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, Phenylpropanolamine/pharmacology, Psychotropic Drugs/*pharmacology, Rats, Salicylates/pharmacology, Schechter M D

Functional consequences of fenfluramine neurotoxicity.

Male Sprague-Dawley rats were trained to discriminate the anorectic drug d,l-fenfluramine (2.0 mg/kg intraperitoneally administered) from its vehicle using a food-motivated (fixed-ratio 10 schedule) two-lever operant task. Once trained, doses of 0.5,…

Tags: 1990, Animals, Conditioning, Discrimination Learning/drug effects, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Fenfluramine/*toxicity, Inbred Strains, Male, Nervous System Diseases/*chemically induced/psychology, Operant/drug effects, Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, Rats, Reinforcement Schedule, Schechter M D

Effect of learned behavior upon conditioned place preference to cathinone.

The purpose of this study was to examine whether first training rats to discriminate the stimulus cues produced by an indirect dopamine agonist, cathinone, would influence a subsequent test of preference. The conditioned place preference (CPP)…

Tags: 1991, Alkaloids/*pharmacology, Animals, Antipsychotic Agents/pharmacology, Conditioning, Cues, Discrimination (Psychology)/drug effects, Discrimination Learning/drug effects, Dopamine/drug effects, Dopamine/physiology, Inbred Strains, Learning/*physiology, Male, Operant/*drug effects, Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, Rats, Receptors, Schechter M D, Thiazepines/pharmacology

Effect of serotonin depletion by p-chlorophenylalanine upon discriminative behaviours.

1. Para-chlorophenylalanine (p-CPA), a competitive inhibitor of the serotonin (5-HT) synthesis enzyme tryptophan hydroxylase, was administered to rats at a dosage (100 mg/kg daily for 3 days) that depletes 5-HT. 2. Different groups of these rats were…

Tags: 1991, Animals, Brain Chemistry/drug effects, Central Nervous System Stimulants/pharmacology, Discrimination (Psychology)/*drug effects, Dopamine/physiology, Fenclonine/*pharmacology, General pharmacology, Inbred Strains, Male, Rats, Schechter M D, Serotonin Antagonists/*pharmacology, Serotonin/*physiology

Effect of MDMA neurotoxicity upon its conditioned place preference and discrimination.

Experiments were conducted to investigate the functional consequences of a neurotoxic regimen of MDMA administration upon two behaviors, conditioned place preference and drug discrimination. Rats were trained to discriminate 1.5 mg/kg MDMA from its…

Dopaminergic nature of acute cathine tolerance.

Cathine is a psychoactive constituent in the leaves of the Khat shrub which are habitually ingested for their stimulatory effects in many parts of the world. Rats were trained to discriminate the stimulus effect of intraperitoneally administered 4.8…

Tags: 1990, Alkaloids/pharmacology, Animals, Antipsychotic Agents/pharmacology, Appetite Depressants/*pharmacology, Discrimination (Psychology)/drug effects, Discrimination Learning/drug effects, Dopamine/*physiology, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Drug Tolerance, Generalization (Psychology)/drug effects, Inbred Strains, Male, Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, Phenylpropanolamine/*pharmacology, Rats, Schechter M D, Thiazepines/pharmacology

Discriminative stimulus effect of phenylephrine.

Rats were trained to discriminate phenylephrine in a two-lever, food-motivated operant task by increasing the i.p. administered training dose from 0.8 to 2 mg/kg. Stable discrimination to 2 mg/kg phenylephrine was established and testing of 0.5-2.5…

Comparison of anorectic drugs in rats trained to discriminate between satiation and deprivation.

Eight male rats were trained to discriminate between the internal states produced by food deprivation of 3 hours (satiation) and that produced by food deprivation of 27 hours duration (deprivation). One lever, in a two-lever operant chamber, had to…

Tags: *Food Deprivation, 1990, Amphetamine/*pharmacology, Analysis of Variance, Animals, Discrimination Learning/*drug effects, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Fenfluramine/*analogs & derivatives/*pharmacology, Inbred Strains, Life sciences, Male, Norfenfluramine/*pharmacology, Rats, Satiation/*drug effects, Schechter M D

MDMA-like stimulus effects of hallucinogens in male Fawn-Hooded rats.

A two-lever, food-motivated, operant technique was employed to train the purportedly serotonergically dysfunctional Fawn-Hooded (FH) rat to discriminate 1.5 mg/kg MDMA. Once all 10 male subjects learned the MDMA-vehicle discrimination at criterion…

Rats bred for differences in preference to cocaine: other behavioral measurements.

Cocaine has repeatedly been shown to produce conditioned place preference (CPP) in the rat. The present study employed the heterogenous N/Nih rat stock to produce a selectively bred rat line determined by individual place preference to a conditioning…

Tags: 1992, Animal/*drug effects, Animals, Behavior, Choice Behavior/*drug effects, Cocaine/*pharmacology, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Female, Inbred Strains, Male, Motor Activity/drug effects, Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, Rats, Schechter M D, Species Specificity, Sprague-Dawley

Effect of altering dopamine or serotonin neurotransmitters upon cathinone discrimination.

Rats were trained to discriminate between the stimulus properties of 0.8 mg/kg l-cathinone and its vehicle in a two-lever, food-motivated operant task. Once trained, rats showed a dose-related decrease in discriminative performance when tested with…

Lack of neuroleptic-like activity of l-fenfluramine.

Rats were trained to differentiate between the dopaminergically mediated discriminative stimuli produced by intraperitoneal administration of 4.8 mg/kg cathine and its vehicle. Once trained, three doses of l-fenfluramine (1.0, 2.0 and 2.5 mg/kg) were…

Tags: 1991, Animals, Antipsychotic Agents/*pharmacology, Cues, Discrimination (Psychology)/drug effects, Dopamine Agents/pharmacology, Dopamine Antagonists, Fenfluramine/*pharmacology, Inbred Strains, Male, Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, Phenylpropanolamine/pharmacology, Rats, Schechter M D

Discriminative effects of cocaethylene in rats trained to discriminate cocaine or ethanol.

Two groups of rats were trained to discriminate between the stimulus properties of either intraperitoneally administered 10.0 mg/kg cocaine or 60 mg/kg ethanol and its vehicle in a two-lever operant chamber. Once trained, both groups exhibited a…

Tags: 1994, Animals, Cocaine/*analogs & derivatives/*pharmacology, Discrimination Learning/*drug effects, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Drug Interactions, Ethanol/*pharmacology, Inbred Strains, Life sciences, Male, Rats, Schechter M D

The JCR:LA-cp rat: a novel rodent model of cystic medial necrosis.

Although there are multiple rodent models of the metabolic syndrome, very few develop vascular complications. In contrast, the JCR:LA-cp rat develops both metabolic syndrome and early atherosclerosis in predisposed areas. However, the pathology of…

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