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Translating the smoking cessation properties of the antidepressant nortriptyline using reinforcing, discriminative and aversive stimulus effects of nicotine in rats.

Abstract：

RATIONALE:The antidepressant nortriptyline is a second-line pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation. Given that there is limited preclinical data available on the effects of nortriptyline on responses to nicotine, the present study sought to evaluate its effects on the reinforcing, discriminative stimulus (DS) and aversive effects of nicotine in male hooded Lister rats. METHODS:The effects of nortriptyline (0, 1, 3 and 10 mg/kg, i.p.) on responding under the control of a second order schedule of nicotine (0.03 mg/kg per infusion) intravenous self-administration (IVSA; n = 7), food-maintained responding (n = 6), discrimination of nicotine (0.2 mg/kg, s.c.) from saline in a two-lever procedure controlled by a fixed ratio and variable interval schedule of food reinforcement (n = 12) and on the development of nicotine- and lithium-induced conditioned taste aversions (CTA) (n = 8 per dose of nortriptyline) were examined. RESULTS:Nortriptyline (3 mg/kg) reduced responding for nicotine in the drug-free interval in which behaviour was supported by nicotine-associated cues and subsequent intervals in which nicotine was available; however, food-maintained responding was also reduced at the same dose. Nortriptyline (3 mg/kg) blocked the development of a nicotine-induced CTA but not a lithium-induced CTA, indicating that these effects are unlikely to be due to non-specific effects of nortriptyline on taste perception or learning. Lastly, nortriptyline had no effect on the DS properties of nicotine. CONCLUSIONS:Nortriptyline appears to attenuate the reinforcing and aversive stimulus properties of nicotine, which may mediate its anti-smoking effects. However, the results should be interpreted with caution, as non-specific effects of nortriptyline may have contributed to these findings.

journal_name

Psychopharmacology (Berl)

journal_title

Psychopharmacology

authors

Wing VC,Shoaib M

doi

10.1007/s00213-011-2413-2

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-02-01 00:00:00

pages

847-57

issue

eissn

0033-3158

issn

1432-2072

journal_volume

219

pub_type

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Translating the smoking cessation properties of the antidepressant nortriptyline using reinforcing, discriminative and aversive stimulus effects of nicotine in rats.