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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Dec 28.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Rev Neurobiol. 2005;17(2):51–67. doi: 10.1615/critrevneurobiol.v17.i2.10

Table 1.

Behavioral effects of treatment with drugs during adolescence vs adulthood. Male data only.

Treatment Measure Results Reference
COCAINE
Cocaine 4 days, PND 34–39, 60–70 Locomotor activity Less sensitization in PA than AD 21
Cocaine PND 28–34, 60–66 Locomotor activity PA: no sens; AD: sens 25
AMPHETAMINE
Amp Locomotor activity PA: sens only after PND49 29
Amp 30, 60 CPP PA: no amp CPP; AD: amp CPP 30
NICOTINE
Nic 7 days PND 28, 60 Test 1 or 30 days later Locomotor activity PA: no sens; AD: sens 54; 55
Nic 7 days, inj PND 28–34, 90-96, Test 3 days later Locomotor activity PA: no sens; AD: sens 56
Nic 10 days, PND 28, 70 Locomotor activity, cue conditioning PA: no sens, cue conditioning; AD: sens and cue conditioning 57
Nic continuous 21 days; PND 30, 60 Locomotor activity PA, AD: NC during tx 89
Nic continuous 12 days: PND 25, 55 Locomotor activity PA, AD: sens during tx 58
Nic continuous PND 30–47 Grooming PA: no change; AD: decreased 59
Nic acute or chronic Anxiety Nic produced anxiety in PA but not in AD 6365
Nic 7 days PND 28, 60 Test 1 or 30 days later Locomotor activity PA: sens to cocaine days 1 and 30; AD: sens to cocaine day 1 only 54
Nic 7 days PND 28, 60 Test 1 or 30 days later Locomotor activity PA: sens to amp; AD: no change 55
Nic 10 days – test 5 weeks later Nic S-A Increased after tx as PA 53
Nic PND 42–60 Self-administration ↑ fentanyl S-A 67
Nic PND 28, 38, 90 Nic CPP CPP only at PND 28 62
Nic PND 28, 58 Test PND 40, 70 Nic CPP CPP only in PA, not in AD 61
Nic PND 25–60 (mice) Tested 12 days later Cocaine CPP ↓ CPP 68
Nic PND 35–44, Test PND 80 Cocaine CPP ↑ CPP 66

PA: periadolescent; AD: adult; sens: sensitization; Nic: nicotine; amp: amphetamine; CPP: conditioned place preference; S-A: self-administration; NC: no change