Memory enhancing effects of nicotine, cocaine, and their conditioned stimuli; effects of beta-adrenergic and dopamine D2 receptor antagonists

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BACKGROUND: There is evidence that post-training exposure to nicotine, cocaine, and their conditioned stimuli (CS), enhance memory consolidation in rats. The present study assessed the effects of blocking noradrenergic and dopaminergic receptors on nicotine and cocaine unconditioned and conditioned memory modulation.

METHODS: Males Sprague-Dawley rats tested on the spontaneous object recognition task received post-sample exposure to 0.4 mg/kg nicotine, 20 mg/kg cocaine, or their CSs, in combination with 5-10 mg/kg propranolol (PRO; beta-adrenergic antagonist) or 0.2-0.6 mg/kg pimozide (PIM; dopamine D2 receptor antagonist). The CSs were established by confining rats in a chamber (the CS +) after injections of 0.4 mg/kg nicotine, or 20 mg/kg cocaine, for 2 h and in another chamber (the CS -) after injections of vehicle, repeated over 10 days (5 drug/CS + and 5 vehicle/CS - pairings in total). Object memory was tested 72 h post sample in drug-free animals.

RESULTS: Co-administration of PRO or PIM blocked the memory-enhancing effects of post-training injections of nicotine, cocaine, and, importantly, exposure to their CSs.

CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that nicotine, cocaine as well as their conditioned stimuli share actions on overlapping noradrenergic and dopaminergic systems to modulate memory consolidation.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:238

Enthalten in:

Psychopharmacology - 238(2021), 9 vom: 27. Sept., Seite 2617-2628

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wolter, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Lapointe, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Melanson, Brett [VerfasserIn]
Baidoo, Nana [VerfasserIn]
Francis, Travis [VerfasserIn]
Winters, Boyer D [VerfasserIn]
Leri, Francesco [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

6M3C89ZY6R
Adrenergic Agents
Cocaine
Conditioned stimulus
Dopamine D2 Receptor Antagonists
I5Y540LHVR
Journal Article
Memory consolidation
Nicotine
Object recognition
Pimozide
Propranolol

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Date Completed 28.09.2021

Date Revised 28.09.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00213-021-05884-x

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM32723055X