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. 2014 Jul;66(3):869–917. doi: 10.1124/pr.112.007419

TABLE 1.

Effects of monoamine releasers on intracranial self-stimulation

Drug Pharmacologya Doses Route Strain/Species Sex ICSS Procedureb Drug Effectc Dependent Measure Reference
Drug Name Selectivity Structure Parameter
mg/kg
Amphetamine DA/NE>5HT 0.1–2.0 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Free operant Facilitation ↑rate Carey et al., 1974
Amphetamine DA/NE>5HT 0.25–2.0 i.p. Fischer rat Male Discrete trial Amplitude Facilitation ↓CIT Esposito et al., 1980
Amphetamine DA/NE>5HT 0.032–1.0 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Hybrid Frequency Facilitation ↓θ0 ↑rate Bauer et al., 2013b
Amphetamine DA/NE>5HT 1.0–4.0 i.p. C57Bl6/J mouse Male Hybrid Frequency Facilitation ↓M50 Elmer et al., 2010
Amphetamine DA/NE>5HT 1.0–4.0 i.p. DBA/2J mouse Male Hybrid Frequency Facilitation ↓M50 Elmer et al., 2010
(+)-Phenmetrazine DA/NE>5HT 0.32–10 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Hybrid Frequency Facilitation ↓θ0 ↑rate Bauer et al., 2013b
m-Fluroamphetamine DA/NE>5HT 1.0–3.2 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Hybrid Frequency Facilitation ↓θ0 ↑rate Bauer et al., 2013b
(+)-Methamphetamine DA/NE>5HT 0.032–1.0 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Hybrid Frequency Facilitation ↓θ0 ↑rate Bauer et al., 2013b
(±)Methcathinone DA/NE>5HT 0.1–1.0 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Hybrid Frequency Facilitation ↑rate Bonano et al., 2014
PAL-314 DA/NE>5HT 0.32–10 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Hybrid Frequency Mixed ↓θ0 ↑↓rate Bauer et al., 2013b
PAL-313 DA/NE/5HT 0.32–3.2 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Hybrid Frequency Mixed ↓θ0 ↑↓rate Bauer et al., 2013b
(+)MDMA DA/NE/5HT 0.1–3.2 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Hybrid Frequency Mixed ↓θ0 ↑↓rate Bauer et al., 2013b
PAL-287 DA/NE/5HT 0.32–10 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Hybrid Frequency Mixed ↓θ0 ↑↓rate Bauer et al., 2013b
(−)MDMA DA<NE/5HT 0.32–3.2 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Hybrid Frequency Mixed ↑↓rate Bauer et al., 2013b
(±)Methylone DA/NE/5HT 1.0–10 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Hybrid Frequency Mixed ↑↓rate Bonano et al., 2014
(±)Mephedrone DA/NE/5HT 1.0–10 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Hybrid Frequency Mixed ↑↓rate Bonano et al., 2014
(±)Mephedrone DA/NE/5HT 1.0–10 i.p. C57Bl6/J mouse Male Hybrid Frequency Mixed ↓θ0 ↓EF50 Robinson et al., 2012
PAL-544 DA/NE/5HT 0.32–3.2 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Hybrid Frequency Mixed ↑↓rate Banks et al., 2014
PAL-571 DA/NE/5HT 0.32–3.2 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Hybrid Frequency Mixed ↑↓rate Banks et al., 2014
PAL-569 DA<NE/5HT 0.32–3.2 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Hybrid Frequency Depression ↓rate Banks et al., 2014
PAL-542 DA/5HT>NE 0.32–3.2 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Hybrid Frequency Depression ↓rate Banks et al., 2014
Fenfluramine DA<5HT/NE 0.32–3.2 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Hybrid Frequency Depression ↓rate Bauer et al., 2013b
Fenfluramine DA<5HT/NE 20 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Free operant Depression ↓rate Olds, 1995

Rate, response rate; CIT, current-intensity threshold; θ0: theta-0 threshold; M50 or EF50, frequency maintaining 50% maximum rate.

a

Selectivity for monoamine release.

b

First colunn indicates structure of experimental session (see text for details). Second column indicates stimulation parameter under manipulation across trials.

c

Most prominent drug effect on ICSS.