Cheer Joseph F, Wassum Kate M, Sombers Leslie A, Heien Michael L A V, Ariansen Jennifer L, Aragona Brandon J, Phillips Paul E M, Wightman R Mark
Department of Chemistry and Neuroscience Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, USA.
J Neurosci. 2007 Jan 24;27(4):791-5. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4152-06.2007.
Transient surges of dopamine in the nucleus accumbens are associated with drug seeking. Using a voltammetric sensor with high temporal and spatial resolution, we demonstrate differences in the temporal profile of dopamine concentration transients caused by acute doses of nicotine, ethanol, and cocaine in the nucleus accumbens shell of freely moving rats. Despite differential release dynamics, all drug effects are uniformly inhibited by administration of rimonabant, a cannabinoid receptor (CB1) antagonist, suggesting that an increase in endocannabinoid tone facilitates the effects of commonly abused drugs on subsecond dopamine release. These time-resolved chemical measurements provide unique insight into the neurobiological effectiveness of rimonabant in treating addictive disorders.
伏隔核中多巴胺的短暂激增与药物寻求行为有关。我们使用具有高时间和空间分辨率的伏安传感器,证明了自由活动大鼠伏隔核壳中急性剂量的尼古丁、乙醇和可卡因所引起的多巴胺浓度瞬变的时间特征存在差异。尽管释放动力学不同,但所有药物效应均被大麻素受体(CB1)拮抗剂利莫那班的给药所一致抑制,这表明内源性大麻素张力的增加促进了常用滥用药物对亚秒级多巴胺释放的影响。这些时间分辨化学测量为利莫那班治疗成瘾性疾病的神经生物学有效性提供了独特见解。