Acute and repeated cocaine elevate F-actin in the accumbens.
a, Cocaine treatment regimens: Sa/Sa, repeated
saline/acute saline; Sa/Coc, repeated saline/acute cocaine; Coc/Sa, repeated
cocaine/acute saline; Coc/Coc, repeated cocaine/acute cocaine.
b, Acute and repeated cocaine elevate F-actin
and reduce G-actin without affecting total actin at 45 min after injection.
c, The effect of acute cocaine is absent at
120 min after injection. d, Repeated cocaine
reduces F-actin in the prefrontal cortex. e,
Withdrawal from repeated amphetamine and morphine elevate F-actin in the
accumbens. Data are shown as mean ± SEM, and the number of determinations
is shown in each bar. Data were evaluated using a one-way
(c, e) or
two-way (acute × chronic; b,
d) ANOVA: b,
F-actin, interaction, F(1,20) = 6.19,
p = 0.022; G-actin, interaction,
F(1,25) = 5.31, p = 0.030;
d, prefrontal cortex, chronic,
F(1,17) = 7.90, p = 0.012;
e, F(2,10) = 5.78,
p = 0.022. *p < 0.05 compared with Sa/Sa
(b) or between repeated saline and
cocaine/amphetamine (Amph)/morphine (Morph) (d,
e) using a Fisher's LSD post
hoc comparison.