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  • Title: The effect of chronic amphetamine treatment on cocaine-induced facilitation of intracranial self-stimulation in rats.
    Author: Bauer CT, Banks ML, Negus SS.
    Journal: Psychopharmacology (Berl); 2014 Jun; 231(12):2461-70. PubMed ID: 24408209.
    Abstract:
    RATIONALE: Chronic amphetamine treatment reduces cocaine self-administration in pre-clinical and clinical settings, and amphetamine has been proposed as a candidate medication for treatment of cocaine abuse. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the present study was to investigate whether chronic amphetamine treatment can decrease abuse-related cocaine effects in an assay of intracranial self-stimulation (ICSS). METHODS: Thirteen adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were equipped with intracranial electrodes targeting the medial forebrain bundle and trained to lever press for pulses of brain stimulation in a "frequency-rate" ICSS procedure. Cocaine (10 mg/kg) was administered before (day 0), during (days 7 and 14), and after (posttreatment days 1 and 3) 2 weeks of continuous treatment with either amphetamine (0.32 mg/kg/h, n = 7) or saline (n = 6) via osmotic pump. RESULTS: Prior to treatment, cocaine facilitated ICSS in all rats. Saline treatment had no effect on baseline ICSS or cocaine-induced facilitation of ICSS at any time. Conversely, amphetamine produced a sustained though submaximal facilitation of baseline ICSS, and cocaine produced little additional facilitation of ICSS during amphetamine treatment. Termination of amphetamine treatment produced a depression of baseline ICSS and recovery of cocaine-induced facilitation of ICSS. CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that chronic amphetamine treatment blunts expression of abuse-related cocaine effects on ICSS in rats.
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