Psychology Department and Neuroscience Program, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, USA.
Behav Pharmacol. 2023 Sep 1;34(6):375-379. doi: 10.1097/FBP.0000000000000742. Epub 2023 Jul 14.
The present experiment examined the contribution of the β-adrenergic receptor system in mediating the unconditioned (i.e. pharmacological) and conditioned (i.e. learned) hyperactive effects of methamphetamine. To this end, mice underwent an 8-day conditioning procedure involving two different, alternating session types (chamber and home-cage days). On chamber days (1, 3, 5, and 7), mice were injected (intraperitoneally) with vehicle (dH 2 O) or propranolol (16 or 32 mg/kg) and were injected (subcutaneously) 30 min (min) later by either vehicle (saline; unpaired) or methamphetamine (1.0 mg/kg; paired). On home-cage days (2, 4, 6, and 8), mice were injected (subcutaneously) with either vehicle (saline; paired) or methamphetamine (1.0 mg/kg; unpaired) in their home cages. The test day for conditioned hyperactivity occurred 48 h after the last chamber day. Propranolol dose-dependently blocked the unconditioned and conditioned hyperactive effects of methamphetamine, implicating a role for the β-adrenergic system in mediating these effects of methamphetamine.
本实验研究了β-肾上腺素能受体系统在介导苯丙胺的非条件(即药理学)和条件(即学习)兴奋作用中的作用。为此,小鼠接受了为期 8 天的条件处理程序,涉及两种不同的、交替的会话类型(室和笼日)。在室日(1、3、5 和 7),小鼠接受腹腔注射(腹膜内)载体(dH2O)或普萘洛尔(16 或 32mg/kg),30 分钟后(min)皮下注射载体(生理盐水;非配对)或苯丙胺(1.0mg/kg;配对)。在笼日(2、4、6 和 8),小鼠在其笼中接受皮下注射载体(生理盐水;配对)或苯丙胺(1.0mg/kg;非配对)。条件性兴奋的测试日发生在最后一个室日的 48 小时后。普萘洛尔剂量依赖性地阻断了苯丙胺的非条件和条件兴奋作用,表明β-肾上腺素能系统在介导苯丙胺的这些作用中起作用。