{"title":"Dihydroetorphine-induced place preference was mediated by dopamine D1 receptors in rats.","authors":"Z H Liu, K G Zhang","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To study the influence of dopamine (DA) receptor antagonists upon the rewarding property of dihydroetorphine (DHE).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Conditioned place preference (CPP) paradigm was used to characterize the rewarding effect of DHE. DA receptor antagonists were injected administered subcutaneously or peritoneally and microinjected into nucleus accumbens (NAcc).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>DHE (0.05, 0.5, and 5.0 micrograms.kg-1, s.c.) produced place preference (P < 0.01). Both the DA receptor antagonist haloperidol and the selective D1 receptor antagonist Sch-23390 attenuated the place preference produced by DHE (0.5 microgram.kg-1, s.c.). l-Sulpiride and spiperone, selective D2 receptor antagonists, had no such effects.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The D1 (but not D2) receptors in NAcc are crucial in the mediation of the rewarding effect of DHE.</p>","PeriodicalId":24002,"journal":{"name":"Zhongguo yao li xue bao = Acta pharmacologica Sinica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1999-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Zhongguo yao li xue bao = Acta pharmacologica Sinica","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Aim: To study the influence of dopamine (DA) receptor antagonists upon the rewarding property of dihydroetorphine (DHE).
Methods: Conditioned place preference (CPP) paradigm was used to characterize the rewarding effect of DHE. DA receptor antagonists were injected administered subcutaneously or peritoneally and microinjected into nucleus accumbens (NAcc).
Results: DHE (0.05, 0.5, and 5.0 micrograms.kg-1, s.c.) produced place preference (P < 0.01). Both the DA receptor antagonist haloperidol and the selective D1 receptor antagonist Sch-23390 attenuated the place preference produced by DHE (0.5 microgram.kg-1, s.c.). l-Sulpiride and spiperone, selective D2 receptor antagonists, had no such effects.
Conclusion: The D1 (but not D2) receptors in NAcc are crucial in the mediation of the rewarding effect of DHE.