title: Systemic magnesium chloride administration fails to produce phencyclidine-like discriminative stimulus effects in rats.
abstract: Systemic administration of magnesium chloride was evaluated for phencyclidine (PCP)-like discriminative stimulus effects. Six rats were trained to discriminate PCP (1.25 mg/kg, i.p.) from saline under a two-lever fixed-ratio 32 schedule of food reinforcement. Magnesium chloride (10-80 mg/kg, i.p.) failed to substitute for PCP, with no dose producing greater than an average of 21% PCP-lever responding. At doses greater than 40 mg/kg, magnesium chloride decreased rates of responding, providing evidence that it was evaluated over a behaviorally-relevant dose range. The results provide further evidence for differences in the behavioral effects of drugs which antagonize N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-mediated neurotransmission by different mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298-0613.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Jortani
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Willetts
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Balster
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003216:Conditioning, Operant / Q000187:drug effects*; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological / Q000187:drug effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D015636:Magnesium Chloride / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D010622:Phencyclidine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology
chemical_list: D015636:Magnesium Chloride; D010622:Phencyclidine