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Increasing the incentive salience of cocaine challenges preference for pup- over cocaine-associated stimuli during early postpartum: place preference and locomotor analyses in the lactating female rat.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17589831     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A three-chambered CPP apparatus was used to compare preferences for chambers associated with IP cocaine vs age-matched pups. Unconditioned stimuli were systematically assigned to the least-preferred chamber of separate groups of dams before conditioning. Control dams verified that unconditioned stimuli were necessary for CPP and stimulus-associated locomotion.
RESULTS: Compared with most late postpartum dams (60%), only 31% of early postpartum dams preferred the cocaine-associated chamber (P < 0.05). Substantially more dams preferred the pup-associated chamber during early postpartum (27%) than late postpartum (5%; P < 0.05). Locomotor sensitization emerged across cocaine-conditioning sessions in cocaine-preferring but not pup-preferring dams (P < 0.05). Locomotor rates were consistently lower in preferred vs nonpreferred chambers during test.
CONCLUSIONS: After increasing cocaine's incentive salience, more early postpartum dams prefer the cocaine-associated chamber than previously reported (Mattson et al. 2001). However, pup-associated chamber preference was still higher in early vs late postpartum. Pup- and cocaine-preferring dams expressed differences in the induction phase of locomotor sensitization across cocaine conditioning but expressed similar motoric patterns in their preferred chambers at test.
Authors:
Katharine M Seip; Joan I Morrell
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2007-06-23
Journal Detail:
Title:  Psychopharmacology     Volume:  194     ISSN:  0033-3158     ISO Abbreviation:  Psychopharmacology (Berl.)     Publication Date:  2007 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-09-11     Completed Date:  2008-01-03     Revised Date:  2011-09-26    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7608025     Medline TA:  Psychopharmacology (Berl)     Country:  Germany    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  309-19     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University, 197 University Avenue, Newark, NJ 07102, USA. kseip@pegasus.rutgers.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Animals, Newborn
Choice Behavior
Cocaine / pharmacology*
Conditioning, Operant / drug effects*
Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors / pharmacology*
Female
Injections, Intraperitoneal
Lactation
Maternal Behavior*
Motivation
Motor Activity / drug effects,  physiology
Postpartum Period
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Reinforcement (Psychology)*
Time Factors
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
DA014025/DA/NIDA NIH HHS; R01 DA014025-05/DA/NIDA NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors; 50-36-2/Cocaine
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