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Naloxone attenuates incubated sucrose craving in rats

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Grimm, Jeffrey W., Manaois, Meghan, Osincup, Dan, Wells, Barbara, Buse, Carl·2007·Psychopharmacology

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Rationale Cue-induced craving precedes drug relapse and contributes to eating disorders. Opiate antagonists have been demonstrated to be effective at reducing cravings for drugs and food. Craving, as defined as responding for a stimulus previously associated with a reward, increases, or incubates, over forced abstinence in an animal model of relapse.Objectives This paper aims to determine anticraving effects of the opiate antagonist, naloxone, on the incubation of sucrose craving.Methods 106 male Long-Evans rats lever pressed for 10% sucrose solution 2 h/day for 10 days. On either day 1 or 30 of forced abstinence, rats responded in extinction for 6 h and then were injected (ip) with either saline or naloxone (0.001, 0.01, 0.1, 1, or 10 mg/kg). The rats then responded for 1 h for presentation of a tone + light cue previously presented with every sucrose delivery during self-administration training.Results The rats responded more in extinction and following saline on day 30 vs day 1 (an incubation of craving). Except for a trend for a decrease in responding following 10 mg/kg on day 1, naloxone was primarily effective on day 30. On day 30, naloxone significantly reduced responding at all doses except for 0.1 mg/kg.Conclusions The time-dependent increase in sensitivity to an opiate antagonist is consistent with time-dependent changes in the opiate system following forced abstinence from sucrose. These changes may partly underlie the incubation of sucrose craving. In addition, these findings could be used to support the use of naloxone as an anticraving medication in protracted abstinence.

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  • Abstinence from sucrose can cause craving and withdrawal symptoms, eventually leading to relapse behavior.

    “As with drug ([71](#B71), [96](#B96), [156](#B156)) and alcohol ([18](#B18), [185](#B185)) addiction, abstinence from sucrose can cause craving and withdrawal symptoms ([5](#B5)), eventually leading to relapse behavior ([72](#B72), [73](#B73)).”

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Authors
Grimm, J. W., Manaois, M., Osincup, D., Wells, B., & Buse, C.
Affiliations
Western Washington University (US)
Corresponding author
Grimm, Jeffrey W.
Venue
Psychopharmacology
Published
2007-07-13
Volume
194
Issue
4
Pages
537-544
ISSN
  • 0033-3158 (ISSN-L)
  • 1432-2072
OpenAlex
W2023785032
Cited by
56
References
39
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.59
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Psychopharmacology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Western Washington University
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA016285-01, R15DA016285, DA016285-01-S2)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
Keywords
naloxone, incubation of craving, opioid antagonists, forced abstinence, cue-induced craving, food reward, extinction, opioid system, relapse, eating disorders, self-administration
MeSH terms
Administration, Oral, Analysis of Variance, Animals, Behavior, Animal, Conditioning, Classical, Extinction, Psychological, Food Preferences, Male, Motor Activity, Naloxone, Narcotic Antagonists, Self Administration, Sodium Chloride, Sucrose, Behavior, Addictive, Rats, Long-Evans, Rats

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