title: Behavioral effects of chronically administered cocaine in squirrel monkeys.
abstract: Cocaine (0.1 or 0.3 mg/kg/h) was infused continuously from osmotic minipumps during 14-day periods in three squirrel monkeys trained under a fixed-interval schedule of stimulus-shock termination. Chronic exposure to 0.1 mg/kg/h cocaine increased response rates during control sessions for two subjects, and rates returned to pre-infusion levels after the osmotic minipumps were removed. During chronic administration with 0.3 mg/kg/h cocaine, tolerance developed to the gross behavioral effects observed initially in all subjects and to the rate-suppressing effects observed in one subject. Using a cumulative-dosing procedure, cocaine was administered IV acutely once per week before, during and after each chronic administration with cocaine. The acute effects of cocaine on schedule-controlled responding before chronic administration and during chronic exposure to 0.1 and 0.3 mg/kg/h cocaine were similar, providing no evidence of sensitization or tolerance.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Psychobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Howell
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Morse
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D003042:Cocaine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D012453:Saimiri; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D003042:Cocaine