TABLE 1.
Effective doses, their 95% confidence limits, and relative potencies with which cannabinoid CB1 receptor agonists, cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonists, and dopaminergic and opioid drugs decreased schedule-controlled behavior in squirrel monkeys before and during repeated exposure to the cannabinoid CB1 receptor agonist AM411 (1.0 mg/kg per day)
Italicized data represent significant difference in relative potency values between prechronic versus chronic effects of drugs.
Drug | Prechronic Doses | Prechronic ED50 (95% CL) | Chronic Doses | Chronic ED50 (95% CL) | Relative Potency: Prechronic versus Chronic (95% CL) | |
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mg/kg | mg/kg | mg/kg | mg/kg | |||
CB1 agonists | AM411 | 0.01–1.0 | 0.26 (0.08–5.24) | 0.32–100 | ND | ND |
AM4054 | 0.003–0.1 | 0.02 (0.01–0.07) | 0.1–3.2 | 0.95 (0.32–11.29) | 0.02 (0.01–0.04) | |
WIN55,212.2 | 0.032–1.0 | 0.26 (0.10–1.20) | 3.2–32 | 23.05 (11.81–24.38) | 0.01 (0.003–0.028) | |
Δ9-THC | 0.1–3.2 | 0.74 (0.33–2.11) | 3.2–100 | 57.27 (22.73–1479.82) | 0.02 (0.006–0.065) | |
Methanandamide | 1–10 | NS | 10–320 | ND | ND | |
CB1 antagonists | SR141716A | 3.2–18 | 14.27 (10.85–22.01) | 0.01–0.32 | 0.13 (0.04–1273.51) | 221 (83.1−715) |
AM4113 | 1.0–10 | 5.97 (2.98–53.22) | 0.032–1.0 | 0.25 (0.08–1.72) | 31.54 (12.17–102.35) | |
Indirect DA agonist | Methamphetamine | 0.032–0.32 | 0.20 (0.09–4.80) | 0.1–3.2 | 0.96 (0.44–3.57) | 0.26 (0.09–0.90) |
DA D1 agonist | SKF82958 | 0.032–1.0 | 0.18 (0.09–0.37) | 0.032–1.0 | 0.11 (0.06–0.17) | 1.58 (0.83–3.19) |
DA D1 antagonist | SCH23390 | 0.01–0.032 | ND | 0.01–0.1 | ND | ND |
DA D2 agonist | R-(−)-NPA | 0.003–0.01 | 0.006 (0.004–0.01)a | 0.003–0.1 | 0.05 (0.03–0.15) | 0.18 (0.05–0.49) |
DA D2 antagonist | Haloperidol | 0.003–0.1 | 0.04 (0.02–0.07) | 0.003–0.32 | 0.03 (0.02–0.06) | 1.19 (0.61–2.49) |
Opioid agonist | Morphine | 0.32–3.2 | 1.39 (0.75–3.37) | 0.32–10 | 2.99 (1.36–11.56) | 0.52 (0.23–1.12) |
Opioid antagonist | Naltrexone | 1.0–10 | ND | 1.0–10 | ND | ND |
95% CL, 95% confidence limits; DA, dopamine; ND, not determined; NS, nonsignificant regression.
Significant deviation from linearity.