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The development of sensitization to the psychomotor stimulant effects of amphetamine is enhanced in a novel environment

The development of sensitization to the psychomotor stimulant effects of amphetamine is enhanced... 213 117 117 4 4 A. Badiani S. G. Anagnostaras T. E. Robinson Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Program The University of Michigan Neuroscience Laboratory Building, 1103 East Huron St. 48104-1687 Ann Arbor MI USA Abstract Two experiments were designed to assess the effect of a “novel” environment on the development of sensitization to the psychomotor activating effects of d -amphetamine. In the first experiment, rats with a unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine lesion of the mesostriatal dopamine system received ten daily injections of amphetamine (2 mg/kg), either in their home cages or in novel test cages. The home and novel cages were physically identical (cylindrical transparent buckets), but one group lived and were tested in these cages, whereas the other group was transported from the stainless steel hanging cages where they lived to these novel test cages, for each test session. The first injection of amphetamine produced significantly more rotational behavior in animals tested in a novel environment than in animals tested at home. In addition, animals tested in a novel environment showed greater sensitization than animals tested at home, so the difference between the two groups was even more pronounced following the last injection. In a second experiment, locomotor activity was quantified in rats that received ten injections of either saline or 1.5 mg/kg amphetamine, in their home cages or in a physically identical novel environment. Again, there was a significantly greater locomotor response to the first injection of amphetamine, and greater sensitization, in animals tested in a novel environment than in animals tested at home. These data indicate that environmental factors can exert a large effect on the susceptibility to sensitization, and mechanisms by which this may occur are discussed. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Psychopharmacology Springer Journals

The development of sensitization to the psychomotor stimulant effects of amphetamine is enhanced in a novel environment

Psychopharmacology , Volume 117 (4) – Feb 1, 1995

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 1995 by Springer-Verlag
Subject
Biomedicine; Pharmacology/Toxicology; Psychiatry
ISSN
0033-3158
eISSN
1432-2072
DOI
10.1007/BF02246217
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Abstract

213 117 117 4 4 A. Badiani S. G. Anagnostaras T. E. Robinson Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Program The University of Michigan Neuroscience Laboratory Building, 1103 East Huron St. 48104-1687 Ann Arbor MI USA Abstract Two experiments were designed to assess the effect of a “novel” environment on the development of sensitization to the psychomotor activating effects of d -amphetamine. In the first experiment, rats with a unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine lesion of the mesostriatal dopamine system received ten daily injections of amphetamine (2 mg/kg), either in their home cages or in novel test cages. The home and novel cages were physically identical (cylindrical transparent buckets), but one group lived and were tested in these cages, whereas the other group was transported from the stainless steel hanging cages where they lived to these novel test cages, for each test session. The first injection of amphetamine produced significantly more rotational behavior in animals tested in a novel environment than in animals tested at home. In addition, animals tested in a novel environment showed greater sensitization than animals tested at home, so the difference between the two groups was even more pronounced following the last injection. In a second experiment, locomotor activity was quantified in rats that received ten injections of either saline or 1.5 mg/kg amphetamine, in their home cages or in a physically identical novel environment. Again, there was a significantly greater locomotor response to the first injection of amphetamine, and greater sensitization, in animals tested in a novel environment than in animals tested at home. These data indicate that environmental factors can exert a large effect on the susceptibility to sensitization, and mechanisms by which this may occur are discussed.

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PsychopharmacologySpringer Journals

Published: Feb 1, 1995

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