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. 2013 Feb;344(2):319–328. doi: 10.1124/jpet.112.198374

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)
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.

a

Significant deviation from linearity.