title: Do antidepressants affect motivation in conditioned place preference?
abstract: The positive motivational effects of a range of antidepressants/neurotransmitter reuptake inhibitor compounds were studied using conditioned place preference. These agents included amitriptyline (2.5-10 mg/kg), venlafaxine (5 and 10 mg/kg), sibutramine (5 and 10 mg/kg), fluoxetine (2.5-10 mg/kg), paroxetine (5-15 mg/kg) and sertraline (2.5-10 mg/kg). Male Wistar rats were place conditioned in a three-compartment box to vehicle or drug alternately for 8 days using a 30-min pretreatment time. Control animals received vehicle only. Cocaine (5 mg/kg) was used as a positive control for the procedure. Significant place preference (P<0.05) was observed with paroxetine (15 mg/kg), fluoxetine (5 and 10 mg/kg), sertraline (2.5-10 mg/kg) and cocaine. Venlafaxine and sibutramine, serotonin/noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors, produced no place conditioning, while the highest dose of the tricyclic antidepressant, amitriptyline (10 mg/kg), produced signs of place aversion. The role of serotonin in reward pathways and differences in serotonin, noradrenaline and dopamine reuptake-inhibiting properties of these compounds may explain why only the serotonin-selective reuptake inhibitors produced place preference in this study.
authors.affiliation: Neuropharmacology Drug Action Group, Welsh School of Pharmacy, Cardiff University, Redwood Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cathays Park, CF10 3XF, Cardiff, UK.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Subhan
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Deslandes
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Pache
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Sewell
mesh_terms: D018759:Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D000639:Amitriptyline / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D003042:Cocaine / Q000494:pharmacology; D003213:Conditioning, Psychological / Q000187:drug effects*; D003503:Cyclobutanes / Q000494:pharmacology; D003511:Cyclohexanols / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005473:Fluoxetine / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D017374:Paroxetine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D020280:Sertraline / Q000494:pharmacology; D000069470:Venlafaxine Hydrochloride
chemical_list: D018759:Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors; D000639:Amitriptyline; D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D003042:Cocaine; D003503:Cyclobutanes; D003511:Cyclohexanols; D005473:Fluoxetine; D009638:Norepinephrine; D017374:Paroxetine; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors; D020280:Sertraline; D000069470:Venlafaxine Hydrochloride; C058254:sibutramine