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ArticleEuropean neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology2016

Effects of cocaine history on postsynaptic GABA receptors on dorsal raphe serotonin neurons in a stress-induced relapse model in rats.

Chen Li, Lynn G Kirby

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Article in European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Chen LiCenter for Substance Abuse Research, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Louis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, 3500 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
Lynn G KirbyCenter for Substance Abuse Research, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Louis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, 3500 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA. Electronic address: lkirby@temple.edu.
Temple University · US

Funding

Pilot Projects Core (PPC)P30DA013429 · NIDA · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · PI SCOTT M. RAWLS · 2000 to 2026
$34.6M
GABAergic Sensitization of the Serotonin System in Stress-Induced Opiate RelapseR21DA037523 · NIDA · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · PI KIRBY, LYNN G · 2014 to 2015
$426k
NIDA NIH HHS DA013429NIDA NIH HHS DA037523NIDA NIH HHS P30 DA013429NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA037523
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) system plays an important role in stress-related psychiatric disorders and substance abuse. Stressors and stress hormones can inhibit the dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN)-5-HT system, which composes the majority of forebrain-projecting 5-HT. This inhibition is mediated via stimulation of GABA synaptic activity at DRN-5-HT neurons. Using swim stress-induced reinstatement of morphine conditioned place-preference, recent data from our laboratory indicate that morphine history sensitizes DRN-5-HT neurons to GABAergic inhibitory effects of stress. Moreover, GABAA receptor-mediated inhibition of the serotonergic DRN is required for this reinstatement. In our current experiment, we tested the hypothesis that GABAergic sensitization of DRN-5-HT neurons is a neuroadaptation elicited by multiple classes of abused drugs across multiple models of stress-induced relapse by applying a chemical stressor (yohimbine) to induce reinstatement of previously extinguished cocaine self-administration in Sprague-Dawley rats. Whole-cell patch-clamp recordings of GABA synaptic activity in DRN-5-HT neurons were conducted after the reinstatement. Behavioral data indicate that yohimbine triggered reinstatement of cocaine self-administration. Electrophysiology data indicate that 5-HT neurons in the cocaine group exposed to yohimbine had increased amplitude of inhibitory postsynaptic currents compared to yoked-saline controls exposed to yohimbine or unstressed animals in both drug groups. These data, together with previous findings, indicate that interaction between psychostimulant or opioid history and chemical or physical stressors may increase postsynaptic GABA receptor density and/or sensitivity in DRN-5-HT neurons. Such mechanisms may result in serotonergic hypofunction and consequent dysphoric mood states which confer vulnerability to stress-induced drug reinstatement.

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Adrenergic alpha-2 Receptor AntagonistsAnalgesics, OpioidAnimalsCocaineCocaine-Related DisordersDisease Models, AnimalDopamine Uptake InhibitorsDorsal Raphe NucleusExtinction, PsychologicalInhibitory Postsynaptic PotentialsMaleMorphinePatch-Clamp TechniquesRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptors, GABASelf AdministrationAdrenergic alpha-2 Receptor AntagonistsAnalgesics, OpioidCocaineDopamine Uptake InhibitorsMorphineReceptors, GABAYohimbineAddictionCocaineElectrophysiologyGABAStress-induced reinstatementThe dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN)-5-HT system

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PMCPMC4738081
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