Abstract
Using the conditioned taste aversion preparation, we described the dose-effect curve for the reputed dopamine D3 agonist (±)7-OH-DPAT (0, 0.001, 0.01, 0.1, 1.0, or 10 mg/kg). Rats received a 0.1% saccharin taste paired on repeated occasions with one of the 7-OH-DPAT doses. The 0.1, 1.0, and 10.0 mg/kg doses of 7-OH-DPAT produced a significant conditioned saccharin aversion. This aversion was evident regardless of whether saccharin intake of 7-OH-DPAT-treated rats was compared to their own water consumption or to saccharin intake by saline-treated rats.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 695-699 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior |
Volume | 53 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1996 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was funded by United States Public Health Service Grant DA05623 to R. A. Bevins and Grants DA05312 and DA07746 to M. T. Bardo. We thank Patricia Robinet and Joanne Valone for comments on an earlier version of this manuscript.
Keywords
- 7-Hydroxy-N,N-di-n-propyl-2-aminotetralin
- 7-OH-DPAT
- Amphetamine
- Cocaine
- D receptor
- D receptor
- Dopamine
- Reward
- Saccharin taste aversion
- Sigma receptor
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Toxicology
- Pharmacology
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Biological Psychiatry
- Behavioral Neuroscience