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

TABLE 2.

Effects of monoamine uptake inhibitors 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
Cocaine DA/NE/5HT 0.63–10 s.c. Wistar rat Male Free operant Facilitation ↑rate Wauquier and Niemergeers, 1974
Cocaine DA/NE/5HT 1–10 i.p. Fischer rat Male Discrete trial Amplitude Facilitation ↓CIT Esposito et al., 1978
Cocaine DA/NE/5HT 1–10 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Hybrid Frequency Facilitation ↑rate Negus et al., 2012a
Cocaine DA/NE/5HT 1.25–10 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Hybrid Frequency Facilitation ↓θ0 Tomasiewicz et al., 2008
Cocaine DA/NE/5HT 1–30 i.p. C57Bl6/J mouse Male Hybrid Frequency Facilitation ↓θ0 Fish et al., 2010
Cocaine DA/NE/5HT 1–30 i.p. DBA mouse Male Hybrid Frequency Facilitation ↓θ0 Fish et al., 2010
MDPV DA/NE>5HT 0.32–3.2 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Hybrid Frequency Facilitation ↑rate Bonano et al., 2014
MDPV DA/NE>5HT 0.1–2.0 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Discrete trial Amplitude Facilitation ↓CIT Watterson et al., 2014
GBR 12935 DA>NE/5HT 1.0–10 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Hybrid Frequency Facilitation ↑rate K. Freitas and S. S. Negus, unpublished
RTI-113 DA>NE/5HT 0.32–3.2 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Hybrid Frequency Facilitation ↑rate Rosenberg et al., 2013
Methylphenidate DA/NE>5HT 0.1–10 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Hybrid Frequency Facilitation ↑rate K. Freitas and S. S. Negus, unpublished
Buproprion DA/NE>5HT 3.2–32 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Hybrid Frequency Facilitation ↑rate Rosenberg et al., 2013
RTI-112 DA/NE/5HT 0.1–1.0 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Hybrid Frequency Facilitation ↑rate Rosenberg et al., 2013
Amitifadine DA/NE/5HT 1–10 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Hybrid Frequency Mixed ↑↓rate L. L. Miller and S. S. Negus, unpublished
Citalopram DA/NE<5HT 3.2–32 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Hybrid Frequency Depression ↓rate Rosenberg et al., 2013
Clomipramine DA<NE/5HT 3.2–32 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Hybrid Frequency Depression ↓rate Rosenberg et al., 2013
Fluoxetine DA/NE<5HT 1.0–10 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Free operant Depression ↓rate Katz and Carroll, 1977
Fluoxetine DA/NE<5HT 2.5-20 i.p. Wistar rat Male Discrete trial Amplitude Depression ↑CIT Lee and Kornetsky, 1998
Nisoxetine DA/5HT<NE 1–10 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Hybrid Frequency Depression ↓rate Rosenberg et al., 2013
Nortryptaline DA<5HT<NE 1–10 i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat Male Hybrid Frequency Depression ↓rate Rosenberg et al., 2013

Rate, response rate; CIT, current-intensity threshold; θ0, theta-0 threshold.

a

Selectivity for monoamine uptake inhibition.

b

First column 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.