Abstract:
:The effect of the vasopressin neuropeptide des-glycinamide (Arg8)-vasopressin (DGAVP) on reducing the acquisition of intravenous heroin self-administration in rats was analyzed. When rats reduced in body weight were allowed to self-administer heroin for 1 h per day in the presence of a fixed time, non contingent food delivery schedule, it appeared that heroin intake was related in an orderly way to the unit dose of heroin delivered. DGAVP decreased heroin intake during days 4 and 5 of acquisition, especially when a high dose of heroin was delivered. DGAVP decreased heroin intake more effectively when rats were tested without the food delivery schedule and for 6 h instead of 1 h sessions per day. Structure activity relationship studies revealed that the peptide (pGlu4, Cyt6)AVP-(4-8) was the shortest active sequence mimicking the effect of DGAVP and that this peptide was somewhat more potent than DGAVP in this respect. The peptide (pGlu4,Cyt6)AVP-(4-9) increased the heroin intake of the rats. DGAVP and (pGlu4,Cyt6)-AVP-(4-8) also decreased cocaine intake of body weight reduced rats given the opportunity to self-administer cocaine intravenously in daily 6 h sessions. It is concluded that vasopressin neuropeptides may decrease the reinforcing efficacy of heroin and cocaine during acquisition of drug self-administration rather than interact with nutritional and environmental factors influencing drug taking behavior.
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Life Scijournal_title
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van Ree JM,Burbach-Bloemarts EM,Wallace Mdoi
10.1016/0024-3205(88)90565-6subject
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1988-01-01 00:00:00pages
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1879-0631pii
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