Abstract
Rats were trained to discriminate between an intracerebroventricular injection of 1.15 nmol of Neuropeptide Y (NPY) and a sham injection. Rats rapidly learned to press the appropriate lever during training. NPY's discriminative stimulus effects were compared to those of saline, and 1.15-3.45 nmol [Leu31,Pro34]NPY, a Y1 receptor agonist and NPY 20-36, Y2 receptor agonist. [Leu31,Pro34]NPY resulted in NPY-appropriate responding, whereas saline and NPY 20-36 did not. [Leu31,Pro34]NPY also increased food intake, but NPY 20-36 did not. This suggests that NPY's discriminative stimulus and orexigenic effects involve the Y1, but not the Y2, receptor.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 129-132 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Brain Research |
Volume | 631 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 17 1993 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supportedby NIDA GrantsD A02717a nd DA03999 and the Departmenot f VeteransA ffairs. D.C.J. was supported under NIDA TrainingG rantD A07097.T he authorsw ish to thank Martha Grace for her expert technicaal ssistancteh roughoutth e project.
Keywords
- Discriminative stimulus
- Drug discrimination
- Food intake
- NPY 20-36
- NPY receptor
- Neuropeptide Y (NPY)
- [Leu,Pro]NPY