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Antagonism of the discriminative stimulus properties of cocaine with the combination of a dopamine D1 and D2 antagonist

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Meert T. F., De H. P., Aerts N., Clincke G.

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

1996

vol. 56

issue 4

897-905

Antagonism of the discriminative stimulus properties of 10 mg/kg cocaine was studied in rats by use of the dopamine D1 antagonist SCH 23390 and the D2 antagonist haloperidol. Whereas SCH 23390 and haloperidol were by themselves unable to antagonize the cueing properties of cocaine, the combination of both dopamine antagonists resulted in a complete blockade of the cocaine cue. In the presence of a fixed dose of 0.01 and 0.04 mg/kg haloperidol, the EDS50's (it is the effective dose in 50% of the animals) of SCH 23390 for cocaine antagonism were 0.043 and 0.012 mg/kg, respectively. Similarly, the EDS50's of haloperidol in combination with 0.01 and 0.04 mg/kg SCH 23390 were 0.021 and 0.024 mg/kg. The combined treatment of haloperidol and SCH 23390 resulted in strong response-rate reductions. At all combination regimens resulting in a complete blockade of the cocaine cue, response rate was reduced to less than 20% of the control values. These results indicate that the cueing properties of cocaine are both dopamine D1- and D2-mediated and that a combined antagonism of both receptor subtypes can lead to a complete antagonism of the cueing properties of cocaine which is associated with severe attenuation of response rate.

A simple, non-invasive method for the measurement of reserpine-induced tremor in rats

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Meert T. F., Rombouts J., Voeten J., Naranji F., Clincke G.

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

1997

vol. 57

issue 1

75-81

A new, non invasive method for measuring reserpine induced tremor in rodents is described here. The test procedure is based on the piezo electric principle and was evaluated using the tremorogenic compound reserpine and the stereotypies inducing drug apomorphine. Whereas for reserpine an orderly and dose related increase in activity was observed, no such effect was detected with apomorphine. In order to further evaluate the test procedure, studies on the antagonism of reserpine induced tremor were also performed. Results from these studies indicated that the DA agonist lisuride, but not the S2-antagonist ritanserin, were able to antagonize the reserpine induced tremor in a dose related manner.

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Antagonism of the discriminative stimulus properties of cocaine with the combination of a dopamine D1 and D2 antagonist

A simple, non-invasive method for the measurement of reserpine-induced tremor in rats