title: Inhibition of dopamine uptake by cocaine and nicotine: tolerance to chronic treatments.
abstract: Chronic administration of cocaine (50 mg/kg/day for 7 days, s.c. via an osmotic minipump) produced tolerance to inhibition of [3H]dopamine uptake by cocaine in rat striatum but did not produce cross-tolerance to inhibition of [3H]dopamine uptake by nicotine. Chronic nicotinic treatment (6 mg/kg/day for 7 days, s.c. via an osmotic minipump), however, produced tolerance to the inhibition of [3H]dopamine uptake by nicotine and cross-tolerance to inhibition of uptake by cocaine in rat striatum. Nicotine did not inhibit uptake of [3H]dopamine in the nucleus accumbens of saline-treated animals. In this tissue, both cocaine and nicotine treatments produced tolerance to cocaine, as in striatum. Unlike the effects on [3H]dopamine uptake, chronic cocaine infusion did not have any effect on the ability of cocaine to inhibit [3H]serotonin uptake in either brain region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Izenwasser
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Cox
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003042:Cocaine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D004343:Drug Implants; D004361:Drug Tolerance; D008297:Male; D009538:Nicotine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009714:Nucleus Accumbens / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D004343:Drug Implants; D009538:Nicotine; D003042:Cocaine; D004298:Dopamine