GABAergic blockade of cocaine-associated cue-induced increases in nucleus accumbens dopamine

Madina R. Gerasimov; Wynne K. Schiffer; Eliot L. Gardner; Douglas A. Marsteller; Ian C. Lennon; Stephen J.C. Taylor; Jonathan D. Brodie; Charles R. Ashby; Stephen L. Dewey

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GABAergic blockade of cocaine-associated cue-induced increases in nucleus accumbens dopamine

Madina R. Gerasimov, Wynne K. Schiffer, Eliot L. Gardner, Douglas A. Marsteller, Ian C. Lennon, Stephen J.C. Taylor, Jonathan D. Brodie, Charles R. Ashby, Stephen L. Dewey

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Abstract

Environments previously associated with drug use can become one of the most common factors triggering relapse to drug-seeking behavior. To better understand the neurochemical mechanisms potentially mediating these cues, we measured nucleus accumbens dopamine levels in animals exposed to environmental cues previously paired with cocaine administration. In animals exposed to a cocaine-paired environment nucleus accumbens dopamine increased by 25%. When administered 2.5 h prior to presentation of the environmental trigger, racemic vigabatrin (an irreversible inhibitor of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-transaminase) abolished this cue-induced increase. Conversely, R-(-)-vigabatrin, the inactive enantiomer, had no effect. Combined with our earlier findings, these studies support the potential therapeutic benefit of this enzyme-based GABAergic strategy to modulate brain dopamine and the subsequent treatment of drug addiction.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	205-209
Number of pages	5
Journal	European Journal of Pharmacology
Volume	414
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0014-2999(01)00800-7
State	Published - Mar 2 2001

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Funding Information:
The authors thank Mr. David Alexoff and Dr. Joanna Fowler for helpful discussions. This research was carried out under contract with the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Biological and Environmental Research (USDOE/OBER DE-AC02-98CH10886) and by the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH MH49165 and NIMH R2955155.

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Cocaine
Conditioning
Contextual cue
GABA (γ-aminobutyric acid)
In vivo
Microdialysis
Vigabatrin

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