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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neuropharmacology. 2013 Aug 23;76(0 0):301–319. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2013.08.014

Table 3.

Effects of D2/D3R antagonists on psychostimulant abuse-related behaviors.

Model Treatment (D3:D2R selectivity) Dose of treatment Effect (Psychostimulant dose); Species; Schedule; Further comments Reference
Cocaine: SA maintenance on FR1 or FR2 YQA14 (167-fold) 6.25–25 mg/kg, IP ↓ ascending/peak dose (0.03–0.125 mg/kg, IV); rats; FR2 (Song et al., 2012a)
25 mg/kg, IP ↓ descending limb (0.25 mg/kg, IV); rats; FR2
25–50 mg/kg, IP ↓ descending limb (1 mg/kg, IV); mice; FR1; Ø in D3R knockout mice
SB-277011A (93-fold) 5–20 mg/kg, IP or PO Ø descending limb (0.25 mg, IV); rats; FR1 (Gál and Gyertyán, 2003; Gyertyan and Saghy, 2007)
0.3–30 mg/kg, IP Ø descending limb (0.75 mg/kg, IV); rats; FR1 (Di Ciano et al., 2003b; Xi et al., 2005)
100 mg/kg, IP ↓ descending limb (1 mg/kg, IV); mice; FR1; Ø in D3R knockout mice (Song et al., 2012a)
12.5–25 mg/kg, IP ↓ ascending/peak dose (0.03-0.125 mg/kg, IV); rats; FR2
↓ descending limb (0.25 mg/kg, IV); rats; FR2
NGB-2904 (56-fold) 0.1–10 mg/kg, IP Ø descending limb (0.5 mg/kg, IV); rats; FR2 (Xi et al., 2006)
L-745,829 (41-fold) 0.1–10 mg/kg, IP Ø descending limb (1 mg/kg, IV); rats; FR1 (Caine et al., 2002)
5.6 mg/kg, IP Ø ascending/descending limb (0.032–3.2 mg/kg, IV); rats; FR1
S33138 (25-fold) 2.5 mg/kg, PO ↑ descending limb (0.5 mg/kg, IV); rats; FR2 (Peng et al., 2009)
5 mg/kg, PO ↓ descending limb (0.5 mg/kg, IV); rats; FR2
Eticlopride (0.44-fold) 0.1–0.18 mg/kg, IP ↑ descending limb (1 mg/kg, IV); mice; FR1; Ø in D2R knockout mice (Caine et al., 2002)
Methamphetamine: SA maintenance on FR1 or FR2 PG-01037 (133-fold) 3–30 mg/kg, IP Ø descending limb (0.05 mg/kg, IV); rats; FR2 (Higley et al., 2011b)
8–32 mg/kg, SC Ø descending limb (0.05 mg/kg, IV); rats; FR1; long and short access (Orio et al., 2010)
SB-277011A 6–24 mg/kg, IP Ø descending limb (0.05 mg/kg, IV); rats; FR2 (Higley et al., 2011a)
Cocaine: SA maintenance on other schedules YQA14 1.04–12.5 mg/kg, IP ↓ (0.5 mg/kg, IV); rats; PR (Song et al., 2012a)
50 mg/kg, IP ↓ (1 mg/kg, IV); mice; PR; Ø in D3R knockout mice
PG-01037 30 mg/kg, IM Ø (0.03–0.3 mg/kg, IV); monkeys; 2nd order schedule (Achat-Mendes et al., 2010a)
100 mg/kg, IM Ø (0.1 mg/kg, IV); monkeys; 2nd order schedule
SB-277011A 24 mg/kg, IP ↓ peak/descending limb (0.125–0.25 mg/kg/inf, IV); rats; FR10 (Xi et al., 2005)
12–24 mg/kg, IP ↓ (0.5 mg/kg, IV); rats; PR
50 mg/kg, IP ↓ (1 mg/kg, IV); mice; PR; Ø in D3R knockout mice (Song et al., 2012b)
20–30 mg/kg, IP ↓ descending limb (0.75 mg/kg, IV); rats; 2nd order schedule (Di Ciano et al., 2003b)
NGB-2904 1–5 mg/kg, IP ↓ (0.5 mg/kg, IV); rats; PR (Xi et al., 2006)
1–5.6 mg/kg, IV Ø (1 mg/kg, IV); monkeys; 2nd order schedule (Martelle et al., 2007)
WC10 (42-fold) 10 mg/kg, IP ↓ ascending/descending limb (0–0.375 mg/kg, IV); rats; VI60s (Cheung et al., 2012)
Eticlopride 0.1–0.32 mg/kg, IP ↓ ascending limb (0.1–0.32 mg, IV); rats; FR5 (Barrett et al., 2004)
0.1 mg/kg, IP ↑ descending limb (1 mg, IV); rats; FR5
Methamphetamine: SA maintenance on other schedules PG-01037 10–30 mg/kg, IP ↓ (0.05 mg/kg, IV); rats; PR (Higley et al., 2011b)
32 mg/kg, IP ↓ (0.05 mg/kg, IV); rats; PR; long but not short access (Orio et al., 2010)
SB-277011A 12–24 mg/kg, IP ↓ (0.05 mg/kg, IV); rats; PR (Higley et al., 2011a)
Cocaine seeking, early abstinence (<48h) SB-277011A 10–30 mg/kg, IP ↓ before 1st reinforcer; rats; 2nd order schedule (Di Ciano et al., 2003b)
4 μg/side, intra-BLA but not dSt or NAc shell ↓ before 1st reinforcer; rats; 2nd order schedule (Di Ciano, 2008)
Cocaine seeking, protracted abstinence SB-277011A 5–20 mg/kg, IP or PO ↓ rats; response-contingent cues (Gyertyan and Saghy, 2007; Xi et al., 2005)
10–30 mg/kg, IP ↓ rats; discriminative cues (Cervo et al., 2007b)
NGB-2904 5 mg/kg, IP ↓ rats; response-contingent cues (Gilbert et al., 2005)
Raclopride (0.79-fold) 1 mg/kg, SC ↓ rats; discriminative cues (Cervo et al., 2003a)
Methamphetamine seeking* PG-01037 10–30 mg/kg, IP ↓ rats; response-contingent cues (Higley et al., 2011b)
Cocaine-primed reinstatement of cocaine seeking* PG-01037 30 mg/kg, IM ↓ (prime: 0.3–1 mg/kg, IV); monkeys; cues on a 2nd order schedule (Achat-Mendes et al., 2010a)
SB-277011A 6–12 mg/kg, IP ↓ (prime: 1 mg/kg, IV); rats (Vorel et al., 2002)
NGB-2904 1–5 mg/kg, IP ↓ (prime: 10 mg/kg, IP); rats (Xi et al., 2006)
S33138 0.625–2.5 mg/kg, PO ↓ (prime: 10 mg/kg, IP); rats (Peng et al., 2009)
Sulpiride (0.13-fold) 2 μg/side, intra-NAc shell but not core ↓ (prime: 10 mg/kg, IP); rats (Anderson et al., 2006)
Methamphetamine-primed reinstatement of methamphetamine seeking* SB-277011A 12–24 mg/kg, IP ↓ (prime: 1 mg/kg, IP); rats (Higley et al., 2011a)
Stress-primed reinstatement of cocaine seeking* SB-277011A 12 mg/kg, IP ↓ rats; footshock stress-prime (Xi et al., 2004)
1.5 μg/side, intra-NAc but not dSt ↓ rats; footshock stress-prime

Table key. ↑: increased compared with control. ↓: decreased compared with control. Ø: no effect compared with control. SA: self-administration. FR: fixed ratio schedule of reinforcement. PR: progressive ratio schedule of reinforcement. VI: variable interval schedule of reinforcement. BLA: Basolateral amygdala. CeA: Central amygdala. NAc: Nucleus accumbens. dSt: Dorsal striatum.

*

: tests carried out after protracted abstinence (<48h).