Effects of chronic d-amphetamine treatment on cocaine- and food-maintained responding under a progressive-ratio schedule in rhesus monkeys |
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Authors: | S.?Stevens?Negus author-information" > author-information__contact u-icon-before" > mailto:negus@mclean.harvard.edu" title=" negus@mclean.harvard.edu" itemprop=" email" data-track=" click" data-track-action=" Email author" data-track-label=" " >Email author,Nancy?K.?Mello |
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Affiliation: | (1) Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Center, Harvard Medical School, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA, |
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Abstract: | Rationale. d-Amphetamine is a candidate agonist medication for the treatment of cocaine dependence, and evaluation of d-amphetamine effects on abuse-related effects of cocaine in preclinical assays is warranted. Objective. This study was designed to assess the effects of chronic d-amphetamine treatment on cocaine- and food-maintained responding under a progressive-ratio schedule in rhesus monkeys. The effects of schedule manipulations on cocaine and food-maintained responding were also examined for comparison with d-amphetamine effects. Methods. Key-press responding under a progressive-ratio schedule resulted in the delivery of cocaine (0.032 mg/kg per injection) or 1 g food pellets. The effect of manipulating cocaine dose (saline, 0.001–0.1 mg/kg per injection) or the number of food pellets delivered (0, 1 and 4 pellets) was determined. Subsequently, three schedule parameters were manipulated: (1) starting ratio value, (2) increments of the ratio progression, and (3) duration of post-reinforcer time-outs when the ratio value was constant. Finally, the effects of 10-day treatment with d-amphetamine (0.01–0.1 mg/kg per hour) were examined. Results. Break points increased as a function of cocaine dose or the number of food pellets, and similar break points were maintained by delivery of 0.032 mg/kg per injection cocaine and 1 food pellet. Manipulation of schedule parameters produced similar effects on responding maintained by cocaine (0.032 mg/kg per injection) or food (1 pellet). In contrast, d-amphetamine produced a dose-dependent decrease in cocaine-maintained responding and had less consistent effects on food-maintained responding. Conclusions. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that chronic treatment with d-amphetamine decreases cocaine self-administration in rhesus monkeys, possibly by attenuating the reinforcing effects of cocaine. Electronic Publication |
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Keywords: | Cocaine Self-administration Progressive-ratio d-Amphetamine Chronic treatment |
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