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  • Title: Differential role of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-mediated glutamate transmission in the nucleus accumbens shell and core in nicotine seeking in rats.
    Author: D'Souza MS, Markou A.
    Journal: Eur J Neurosci; 2014 Apr; 39(8):1314-22. PubMed ID: 24467279.
    Abstract:
    Nicotine, a major psychoactive component of tobacco smoke, increases glutamate transmission in the nucleus accumbens (NAcc). However, the role of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-mediated glutamatergic neurotransmission in the NAcc shell and core subdivisions in nicotine-dependent behaviors has not been studied. The present study evaluated, in rats, the effects of bilateral administration of the competitive NMDA receptor antagonist LY235959 (0, 0.1, 1, and 10 ng/0.5 μL/side) into the NAcc shell or core on intravenous nicotine (fixed- and progressive-ratio schedules) and food (fixed-ratio schedule) self-administration, and cue-induced reinstatement of nicotine-seeking behavior. In addition, the effects of LY235959 injections in the NAcc shell were evaluated on nicotine-induced conditioned taste aversion, a procedure that assesses the aversive effects of nicotine. LY235959 injections into the NAcc shell significantly increased nicotine self-administration under both fixed- and progressive-ratio schedules, and decreased food self-administration, but had no effect on nicotine-induced conditioned taste aversion or cue-induced nicotine seeking. Furthermore, injections of LY235959 in the lateral septal nucleus, originally intended as an anatomical control site for the NAcc shell, increased nicotine self-administration and decreased food self-administration under the fixed-ratio schedule. In contrast, LY235959 injections into the NAcc core increased the cue-induced reinstatement of nicotine seeking and decreased food self-administration, but had no effect on nicotine self-administration. The present data suggest that NMDA receptor-mediated glutamatergic neurotransmission in the NAcc shell and core differentially regulates food- and nicotine-maintained responding. Importantly, the data suggest an inhibitory role for NMDA-mediated glutamatergic neurotransmission in the NAcc shell and core in nicotine self-administration and the cue-induced reinstatement of nicotine seeking, respectively.
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