title: 5-HT3 receptor modulation of behavior during withdrawal from continuous or intermittent cocaine.
abstract: The present experiments examined alterations in 5-HT3 receptors during withdrawal from continuous or intermittent cocaine. Rats were pretreated with 40 mg/kg/day cocaine for 14 days by either SC injections or osmotic minipumps. The rats were then withdrawn from the pretreatment regimen for 7 days. In Experiment 1, rats received 0-16 mg/kg IP injections of ondansetron, a selective 5-HT3 receptor antagonist. In Experiment 2, the rats received 0-16 mg/kg IP ondansetron in combination with a 15 mg/kg IP injection of cocaine. In Experiment 3, the subjects received 0-16 mg/kg IP injections of ondansetron in combination with a 7.5 mg/kg IP injection of cocaine. Following these injections, the subjects' behavior was rated using the Ellinwood and Balster (18) rating scale. The results of Experiment 1 indicated that ondansetron had no effect on the behavior of the subjects, nor was there a differential effect of pretreatment regimen the effects of ondansetron. The results of Experiment 2 indicated that ondansetron had no effect on cocaine-induced locomotion in the saline control rats, but did have a slight, statistically significant, suppressive effect in the injection rats. In contrast, ondansetron had a robust facilitative effect on cocaine-induced locomotion in the continuous infusion rats. The results of Experiment 3 indicated that ondansetron had no effect on cocaine-induced locomotion in the saline control rats or the cocaine injection pretreatment subjects. In the continuous infusion subjects, ondansetron did have a slight, statistically significant, facilitative effect on cocaine-induced locomotion.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Joyner
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Ellinwood
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D003042:Cocaine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D017294:Ondansetron / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D013239:Stereotyped Behavior / Q000187:drug effects; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*
chemical_list: D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D017294:Ondansetron; D003042:Cocaine