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. 2017 Nov 8;43(1):116–141. doi: 10.1038/npp.2017.193

Table 3. Effects of Previous Cannabinoid Exposure on Drug Self-Administration and Place Conditioning in Rodents.

Study Subjects Exposure drug Exposure regimena Age during exposure Drug-free periodb Test drugc Age at start of testing FR1 self-admin. PR self-admin. Place conditioningd
Norwood et al (2003) Lewis rats CP 0.1→0.2 mg/kg/day for 16 days Starting at PND 55–56 8 Days Morphine 11 Weeks Male ↑    
González et al (2003) Wistar rats THC Dams given 5 mg/kg/day PO Perinatal: GD5 through PND 24 ⩾7 Weeks Morphine …Food ⩾10 Weeks   Female = e Male= Female = Male =  
Gonzalez et al (2004) Wistar rats THC 5 mg/kg/day for 7 days Starting at 8–10 weeks 0 Days Morphine     Male =  
Solinas et al (2004) S-D rats THC 2→8 mg/kg twice daily for 3 days Starting at 10-12 weeks 8 Days Heroin 12–13 Weeks Male ↑ Male =  
Ellgren et al (2007) L-E rats THC 1.5 mg/kg/day, intermittent (8 out of 22 days) PND 28–49 1 week Heroin 8 Weeks Male ↑    
Biscaia et al (2008) Wistar rats CP 0.4 mg/kg/day for 11 days PND 35–45   Morphine 10 Weeks Female = f Male ↑ Female = Male=  
Tomasiewicz et al (2012) L-E rats THC 1.5 mg/kg/day, intermittent (8 out of 22 days) PND 28–49 5 Weeks Heroin 12 Weeks Male ↑ Male with Penk KD =    
Stopponi et al (2014) Wistar rats THC 2.5→10 mg/kg twice daily for 11 days PND 35–45 30 Days Heroin … Yohimbine reinstatement of heroin seeking 11 Weeks Male = Male ↑    
Vela et al (1998) Wistar rats THC Dams given 5 mg/kg/day PO Perinatal: GD5 through PND 1 >11 Weeks Morphine … Food >11 Weeks Female ↑ Male = ... Female = Male =    
Spano et al (2007) L-E rats THC Dams given 0.15 mg/kg/day IV Perinatal: GD5 through PND 2 8 Weeks Heroin 9 Weeks Male =/↑g    
Morel et al (2009) L-E rats THCh 5→10 mg/kg/day, intermittent (10 out of 14 days) PND 35–48 7–14 Days Morphinei 9 Weeks Maternally deprived male ↓j Nondeprived male =   Maternally deprived male ↓ Nondeprived male ↑
Singh et al (2006) Wistar rats THC 5 mg/kg/day for 10 days PND 4–14 1 Week Heroin 3 Weeks     Male ↑
Cadoni et al (2013) Lewis rats … Fischer rats THC 2→8 mg/kg twice daily for 3 days PND 38–42 30 Days Heroin 10 Weeks     Lewis male = … Fischer male ↑
Rubio et al (1995) Wistar rats THC Dams given 5 mg/kg/day PO Perinatal: GD5 through PND 24 >7 Weeks Morphine >10 Weeks     Female = k Male ↑
Rubio et al (1998) Wistar rats THC Dams given 1, 5 or 20 mg/kg/day PO Perinatal: GD5 through PND 24 >7 weeks Morphine >10 Weeks     Female ↑l Male ↑
DiNieri et al (2011) L-E rats THC Dams given 0.15 mg/kg/day IV Perinatal: GD5 through PND 2 8 Weeks Morphine 9 Weeks     Male ↑
Jardinaud et al (2006) CD1 mice THC 10 mg/kg/day for 10 days   15 Days Morphine       Male ↓
Scherma et al (2016a, 2016b) Lister-Hooded rats THC 2.5→10 mg/kg twice daily for 11 days PND 45–55 15 Days WIN 55212-2 10 Weeks Male ↑    
Valjent and Maldonado (2000) CD1 mice THC 1 Or 5 mg/kg (single injection)   1 Day THC       Male ↑m
Wakeford et al (2016) S-D rats THC 3.2 mg/kg/day, intermittent (8 out of 22 days) PND 28–50 40 Days THC 13 Weeks     Male = n
Hempel et al (2016) S-D rats THC 3.2 mg/kg/day, intermittent (6 out of 12 days) PND 71–82 3 Days THC 12 Weeks     Male = o
Hyatt and Fantegrossi (2014) NIH Swiss mice THC 1→100 mg/kg/day, intermittent (5 out of 10 days) Starting at 8 weeks 2 Days JWH-018 (CB agonist) … MDMA 10 Weeks     Male ↑p … Male =
Rodriguez-Arias et al (2016) OF1 mice WIN 0.1 or 0.5 mg/kg/day for 5 days PND 27–31 3 Days MDMA 5 Weeks     Male ↑
Cortright et al (2011) S-D rats THC 3 mg/kg/day intermittent (5 out of 13 days) Adult 10 Days Amphetamine … Apomorphine   Male = Male = Male = Male ↑  
Panlilio et al (2007) S-D rats THC 2→8 mg/kg twice daily for 3 days Starting at 10–14 weeks 8 Days Cocaine 12–14 Weeks Male = Male ↓  
Higuera-Matas et al (2008) Wistar rats CP 0.4 mg/kg/day for 11 days PND 28–38 7 Weeks Cocaine … Food 13 Weeks Female ↑q Male = Female = Male =    
Rodriguez-Arias et al (2016) OF1 mice WIN 0.1 or 0.5 mg/kg/day for 5 days PND 26–30 3 Days WIN … Cocaine PND 34     Male = Male ↑r
Panlilio et al (2013) S-D rats THC 2→8 mg/kg twice daily for 3 days Starting at 10–12 weeks 8 Days Nicotine 12–13 Weeks Male ↑ Male =/↑s  
Economidou et al (2007) Wistar rats THCt Dams given 5 mg/kg/day PO Perinatal: GD 15–PND 9 8 Weeks Ethanolu 9 Weeks Male =    

Abbreviations: PND, postnatal day; GD, gestational day; FR1, fixed-ratio one; PR, progressive ratio; SA, self-administration; PO, per os; CB, cannabinoid; L-E, Long-Evans; S-D, Sprague-Dawley; Penk KD, knockdown of proenkephalin in nucleus accumbens shell; CP, CP-55,940; WIN, WIN 55212-2; MDMA, (±)-3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine.

Symbols: →, dose escalated over days; …, different experiment in same study; ↑, enhanced relative to vehicle-treated controls; ↓, diminished relative to vehicle-treated controls; =, no change relative to vehicle-treated controls.

a

Treatments were intraperitoneal and given every day unless otherwise indicated.

b

Time between last exposure and start of behavioral testing.

c

Test drugs were intraperitoneal for place conditioning and intravenous for self-administration, unless otherwise noted.

d

Results involve conditioned place preference unless otherwise indicated.

e

Females had high morphine and food intake regardless of exposure treatment.

f

Females had high morphine intake regardless of exposure treatment.

g

THC exposure did not affect acquisition of responding, but decreased latency to the first response of the session, increased responding for a low dose of heroin, increased heroin intake when rats were acutely food deprived, and increased responding during extinction.

h

Dronabinol.

i

Oral self-administration of freely available morphine solution.

j

THC exposure prevented escalation of intake seen in vehicle-treated maternal deprivation group.

k

Nonsignificant trend for enhancement.

l

Smaller effect than in males.

m

THC-exposure potentiated conditioning of place preference when the training dose of THC was low and prevented conditioning of place aversion when the training dose of THC was high.

n

Combined taste- and place-conditioning procedure. Place preference did not occur in exposed or nonexposed rats.

o

Combined taste- and place-conditioning procedure. Place preference did not occur in exposed or nonexposed rats.

p

THC-exposure potentiated conditioning of place preference when the training dose of JWH-018 was low and prevented conditioning of place aversion when the training dose of JWH-018 was high.

q

Self-administration enhanced during first 7 days (acquisition phase), but not during last 14 days (maintenance phase).

r

WIN exposure enhance cocaine induced place preference in groups classified as high or low novelty-seeking, but place preference was only reinstated (after extinction training) by a priming injection of cocaine in the high novelty-seeking group.

s

THC exposure did not affect responding in a within-session PR test, but enhanced responding when the FR was increased across sessions.

t

THC was combined with either 3% ethanol or 4.2% sucrose (as a control condition) in the only source of drinking water.

u

Oral self-administration with lever press required for access.