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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 6.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2018 Jul 23;26(6):525–540. doi: 10.1037/pha0000216

Table 1:

Effects of NMDA receptor ligands on delay discounting and probability discounting.

Delay Discounting

Drug Doses Mechanism of Action Procedure Delay Presentation Delays Effect onlmpulsve Choice Citation
D-cyclo serine 3.25–30.0 mg/kg Partial agonist at GluNl Evenden and Ryan (1996) Ascending 0–40 s No effect van den Berg et al. (2006)
D-cyclo serine 3.25–30.0 mg/kg Partial agonist at GluNl Evenden and Ryan (1996) Ascending 0–100s No effect Yates. Gunkel, et al. (2017)
CSG 19755 2.5–20.0 mg/kg C ompetitive antagora st at GluN2 Modifi ed Adj usting Delay N/A Titrated by subject ↑ impulsive choice (20.0 mgkg)a Cottone et al. (2013)
CSG 19755 2.5–20.0 mg/kg C ompetitive antagora st at GluN2 Evenden and Ryan (1996) Ascending 0–100s ↑ impulsive choi c e ( 5.0 m g kg) Yates. GunkeL et al. (2017)
Ketamine 2.5–20.0 mg/kg Channel blocker Modifi ed Adj usting Delay N/A Titrated by subject ↑ impulsive choice ( 10.0 & 20.0 mgkg) Cottone et al. (2013)
Ketamine 5.0 mg/kg Channel blocker Evenden and Ryan (1996) Ascending 0.4–6.5 s ↑ impulsive choice Floresco et al. (2008)
Ketamine 2.5–10.0 mg/kg Channel blocker Evenden and Ryan (1996) Ascending 0–50 s ↓ choiceforLL at 0-s delay( 10.0mgkg) Yates et al. (2015)
Ketamine 2.5–10.0 mg/kg Channel blocker Evenden and Ryan (1996) Ascending 0–100s ↓ choice forLL at 0-s delay( 10.0mgkg) Yates. GunkeL et al. (2017)
Memantine 1.25–10.0 mg/kg Channel blocker Modifi ed Adj usting Delay N/A Titrated by subject ↑ impulsive choice (5.0 & 10.0 mgkg) Cottone et al. (2013)
Memantine 2.5–10.0 mg/kg Channel blocker Evenden and Ryan (1996) Ascending 0–100s ↓ choice for LL at 0-s delay(5.0 mgkg) Yates. Gunkel, et al. (2017)
MK-S01 0.01–0.06 mg/kg Channel blocker Evenden and Ryan (1996) Ascending 0–40 s ↓impulsivechoice(0.03 & 0.06mgkg) Higgins et al. (2016)
MK-S01 0.01–0.3 mg/kg Channel blocker Evenden and Ryan (1996) Ascending 0–50 s ↓impulsivechoice(0.03 mgkg) Yates et al. (2015)
MK-S01 0.003–0.03 mg/kg Channel blocker Evenden and Ryan (1996) Ascending 0–100s No effect Yates. GunkeL et al. (2017)
Ifenprodil 1.0–10.0 mg/kg Noncompetitive antagonist at GluN2B Evenden and Ryan (1996) Ascending 0–100 s ↓ choice for LL at 0-s del ay ( 10.0 mgkg) Yates. GunkeL et al. (2017)
CP-101.606 1.0 & 3.0 mg/kg Noncompetitive antagonist at GluN2B Evenden and Ryan (1996) Ascending 0–40 s No effect Higgins et al. (2016)
Ro 63–190S 0.l-l.0 mg/kg Noncompetitive antagonist at GluN2B Evenden and Ryan (1996) Ascending 0–40 s ↓ impulsive choice (1.0 mgkg) Higgins et al. (2016)

Probability Discounting

Drug Doses Mechanism of Action Procedure OA Presentation Odds Against Effect on Risky Choice Citation

Ketamine 2.5–10.0 mg/kg Channel blocker Cardinal & Howes (2005) Ascending 0–15 ↓ choice for LR at 0 OA(10.0 mgkg) Yates et al. (2015)
Ketamine 2.5–10.0 mg/kg Channel blocker Cardinal & Howes (2005) Ascending 0–31 No effect Yates et al. (2016)
Ketamine 2.5–10.0 mg/kg Channel blocker Cardinal & Howes (2005) Descending 0–31 ↓ risky choice (10.0 mgkg) Yates et al. (2016)
MK-S01 0.01–0.3 mg/kg Channel blocker Cardinal & Howes (2005) Ascending 0–15 ↑ risky choi ce (0.03 mgkg) Yates et al. (2015)
MK-S01 0.01–0.3 mg/kg Channel blocker Cardinal & Howes (2005) Ascending 0–31 ↑ risky choice (0.03 mgkg) Yates et al. (2016)
MK-S01 0.01–0.3 mg/kg Channel blocker Cardinal & Howes (2005) Descending 0–31 ↓ risky choice (10.0 mgkg) Yates et al. (2016)
Ifenprodil 1.0–10.0 mg/kg Noncompetitive antagonist at GluN2B Cardinal & Howes (2005) Ascending 0–31 No effect Yates et al. (2016)
Ifenprodil 1.0–10.0 mg/kg Noncompetitive antagonist at GluN2B Cardinal & Howes (2005) Descending 0–31 ↓risky choice (10.0 mgkg) Yates et al. (2016)
a

Caused an increase in response latencies; as such, Cottone et al. (2013) argued that CGS 19755 did not selectively alter impulsive choice.

Abbreviations: LL = larger later; LR = larger risky.