title: Role of D(1) and D(2) dopamine receptors in the acquisition and expression of flavor-preference conditioning in sham-feeding rats.
abstract: The present study examined the effects of D(1) and D(2) antagonists on flavor-preference conditioning by the sweet taste of sucrose. All sessions were conducted under sham-feeding conditions to minimize post-ingestive influences. The rats were trained in alternating, one-bottle sessions to sham-feed a 16% sucrose solution containing one novel flavor (CS+) and a less-preferred 0.2% saccharin solution containing a different flavor (CS-). Three groups of food-restricted rats were treated with either vehicle (control group), the D(1) antagonist, SCH23390 (200 nmol/kg), or the D(2) antagonist, raclopride (200 nmol/kg) during one-bottle training. A fourth group (yoked group) was vehicle-treated and its training intakes were matched to that of the D(1) and D(2) drug groups. Preferences were assessed in two-bottle tests with the CS+ and CS- flavors presented in mixed 8% sucrose+0.1% saccharin solutions following systemic doses of 0, 200, or 800 nmol/kg of either the D(1) or D(2) antagonists. All groups significantly preferred the CS+ flavor in vehicle tests, although the preferences were weaker in the D(1), D(2), and yoked groups compared to the control group. All groups selectively reduced their CS+ intakes when treated with either D(1) or D(2) antagonists during two-bottle testing, and the CS+ preference was blocked at the higher doses. These data show that D(1) and D(2) receptor antagonists block the expression of a sucrose-conditioned preference, but produces substantially lesser effects upon the acquisition of this form of flavor conditioning.
authors.affiliation: Neuropsychology Doctoral Subprogram, Department of Psychology, Queens College, City University of New York, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing, Queens, New York, NY 11367, USA.
authors.forename: W Z
authors.initials: WZ
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sclafani
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Delamater
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Bodnar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001552:Benzazepines / Q000494:pharmacology; D003213:Conditioning, Psychological / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D065127:Dopamine D2 Receptor Antagonists; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D020891:Raclopride / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000502:physiology; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2 / Q000502:physiology; D012439:Saccharin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013395:Sucrose / Q000494:pharmacology; D013549:Sweetening Agents / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D001552:Benzazepines; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D065127:Dopamine D2 Receptor Antagonists; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; D013549:Sweetening Agents; D020891:Raclopride; D013395:Sucrose; D012439:Saccharin