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Differential effects of intermittent and continuous exposure to novel environmental stimuli on the development of amphetamine-induced behavioral sensitization in mice: implications for addiction.

Abstract：

BACKGROUND:Previous studies have demonstrated a preventive effect of continuous environmental enrichment during early development on the vulnerability of rodents to drug addiction-related behaviors. Recently, it was demonstrated that a continuous environmental enrichment could eliminate already established addiction-related behaviors in mice. The present study compared the effects of intermittent or continuous exposure to novel stimuli during repeated amphetamine (Amp) treatment on the development of behavioral sensitization (an animal model of addiction-related neuroadaptations) in adult mice. METHODS:Three-month-old male Swiss mice were treated with 2.5mg/kg Amp every other day for 13 days in their home cages. Novel objects were presented in their home cages for 2h on non-drug treatment days (experiment 1) or for 24h/day during the 13 days of drug treatment (experiment 2). Seven days after the drug treatment had finished, the mice were challenged with 2.5mg/kg Amp, and their locomotor activity was quantified in a familiar open field for 10 min. RESULTS:Intermittent exposure to the novel objects did not modify the acute Amp locomotor stimulatory effect but potentiated the development of Amp-induced locomotor sensitization. This enhanced sensitization was due to increased locomotion in the central squares of the apparatus, which suggests anxiolysis or increased impulsiveness. Conversely, continuous exposure to the novel objects potentiated the acute Amp locomotor stimulatory effect and blunted the development of Amp-induced locomotor sensitization. CONCLUSIONS:We conclude that addiction-related behaviors can be differentially and critically modified depending on the schedule and period of the novelty exposure.

journal_name

Drug Alcohol Depend

journal_title

Drug and alcohol dependence

authors

Fukushiro DF,Josino FS,Saito LP,Costa JM,Zanlorenci LH,Berro LF,Fernandes-Santos L,Morgado F,Mári-Kawamoto E,Frussa-Filho R

doi

10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.12.026

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-07-01 00:00:00

pages

135-41

issue

1-2

eissn

0376-8716

issn

1879-0046

pii

S0376-8716(12)00005-1

journal_volume

124

pub_type

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Differential effects of intermittent and continuous exposure to novel environmental stimuli on the development of amphetamine-induced behavioral sensitization in mice: implications for addiction.