title: Differences in drug-induced place conditioning between BALB/c and C57Bl/6 mice.
abstract: The influence of genotype on the rewarding effects of morphine (0, 1, 3, and 9 mg/kg), amphetamine (0, 0.5, 1, and 2 mg/kg), and cocaine (0, 2.5, 5, and 10 mg/kg) was examined in a place-conditioning paradigm. Two strains of mice, the BALB/cByJIco and the C57BL/6JIco, were used, notably because of their high difference in novelty-seeking behavior. Indeed, high novelty seeking has been associated with an increased risk for using drugs of abuse. Results clearly show that C57BL/6 mice display a conditioned place preference for stimuli paired with morphine, amphetamine, or cocaine. In contrast, BALB/c mice demonstrated place preference to morphine and place aversion to amphetamine, while cocaine was ineffective at the doses tested. No treatment induced differences in the locomotion measured in a drug-free condition. Results may be related to differences at the behavioral (difference in novelty seeking) or neurochemical level (differences in catecholaminergic or opioidergic neurotransmission).
authors.affiliation: LEPCO, Faculte des Sciences, Parc Grandmont, F-37200, Tours, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Belzung
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barreau
mesh_terms: D000661:Amphetamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D003042:Cocaine / Q000494:pharmacology; D003213:Conditioning, Psychological / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009020:Morphine / Q000494:pharmacology; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D009020:Morphine; D000661:Amphetamine; D003042:Cocaine