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. 2016 Sep 21;7:160. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00160

Table 3.

Association between pre-existing endophenotypes and nicotine addiction-related features in animal studies.

Pre-existing phenotype Nicotine addiction-related features Species Reference
Motor impulsivity (5-CSRTT) ↗ IVSA acquisition and under PR schedule Wistar rats Diergaarde et al. (206)
Cognitive impulsivity (delayed discounting task) ↗ IVSA under PR schedule Wistar rats Diergaarde et al. (206), Diergaarde et al. (207)
↗ resistance to extinction of nicotine-seeking after IVSA
↗ cue-induced reinstatement of nicotine seeking
Ø somatic withdrawal Lister-hooded rats Kolotroni et al. (208)
Locomotor response to novelty (horizontal locomotion) ↗ IVSA acquisition and under PR schedule Sprague-Dawley rats Suto et al. (209)
Ø IVSA acquisition and under PR schedule Sprague-Dawley rats Guillem et al. (210)
↘ nicotine-induced CPP C57Bl/6N mice Bernardi and Spanagel (211)
↘ nicotine-induced CPP Sprague-Dawley rats Pastor et al. (212)
↗ social anxiety in response to a nicotine challenge after nicotine abstinence Sprague-Dawley rats Aydin et al. (213216)
Locomotor response to novelty (rearing) and novelty seeking (novel object preference) Ø voluntary oral nicotine intake and nicotine-induced CPP Wistar rats Pawlak and Schwarting (217, 218)
Novelty seeking (novel object preference) Predictive of nicotine IVSA Sprague-Dawley rats Wang et al. (219)
Novelty seeking (hole-board activity box) ↗ voluntary oral nicotine intake C57Bl/6 mice Abreu-Villaca et al. (220)
Anxiety (EPM and hole-board activity box) Ø voluntary oral nicotine intake C57Bl/6 mice Abreu-Villaca et al. (220), Manhaes et al. (221)
Anxiety (EPM) Ø voluntary oral nicotine intake Wistar rats Pawlak and Schwarting (217)
Anxiety (CPP apparatus used as a dark–light box) ↗ nicotine-induced CPP Sprague-Dawley rats Falco et al. (222)
Anxiety (EPM) Predictive of nicotine IVSA and context-induced reinstatement of nicotine seeking Sprague-Dawley rats Wang et al. (219)
Stress reactivity (multiple tests) Ø IV SA acquisition and extinction of nicotine seeking Intercross between C57Bl/6J and C3H mice Bilkei-Gorzo et al. (223)
↗ stress-induced reinstatement of nicotine seeking
Depression (tail suspension test) Predictive of nicotine IVSA and context-induced reinstatement of nicotine seeking Sprague-Dawley rats Wang et al. (219)

5-CSRTT, 5-choice serial reaction time task; IVSA, intravenous self-administration; PR, progressive ratio; CPP, conditioned place preference; EPM, elevated plus maze.