title: Phencyclidine-like discriminative stimulus properties of the stereoisomers of dioxadrol.
abstract: Rats (N=6) were trained to discriminate 3.0 mg/kg i.p. phencyclidine (PCP) from saline in a 2-lever fixed-ratio 32 operant discrimination procedure for food presentation. Generalization tests were conducted with other doses of PCP as well as with various doses of the stereoisomers of dioxadrol. Dose-dependent PCP-like discriminative stimulus effects were obtained with dexoxadrol but not with levoxadrol, however overall rates of responding were decreased to a comparable extent by 30 mg/kg of both compounds. PCP was 3.6 times more potent than dexoxadrol in producing stimulus control of responding. These data provide some evidence for stereoselectivity of action for dioxadrol, however nonPCP-like effects of levoxadrol are present at doses only 3 times greater than those doses of dexoxadrol that result in PCP-lever responding. Therefore, absolute stereospecificity beyond 3-fold cannot be demonstrated by these data.
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D003216:Conditioning, Operant / Q000187:drug effects; D004148:Dioxolanes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004149:Dioxoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004193:Discrimination Learning / Q000187:drug effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005793:Generalization, Psychological / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D010622:Phencyclidine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010880:Piperidines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D004148:Dioxolanes; D004149:Dioxoles; D010880:Piperidines; C005840:dioxadrol; C579649:levoxadrol; D010622:Phencyclidine; C579650:dexoxadrol