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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: CNS Drugs. 2019 Oct;33(10):1001–1030. doi: 10.1007/s40263-019-00664-w

Table 4.

Effects of monoacylglycerol lipase inhibitors on drug-taking and drug-seeking behavior in experimental animals

Drug and dosage Species Results References
JZL184
IP 16 mg/kg Mouse ↓ Withdrawal symptoms from Δ9-THC [218]
IP 40 mg/kg Mouse ↓ Somatic signs of morphine withdrawal [180]
IP 16 mg/kg Mouse ↓ Methamphetamine-induced DA neurotoxicity [215]
IP 4, 40 mg/kg Mouse ↓ Brain-stimulation reward [75]
IP 4–40 mg/kg Mouse ↓ Nicotine withdrawal symptoms [219]
IP 4, 40 mg/kg Mouse No effect on naloxone-precipitated CPA [220]
↓ Somatic signs of morphine withdrawal
IP 8, 16 mg/kg Mouse No effect on food taking [13]
No effect on nicotine taking
No effect on PR responding for nicotine
↑ Cue-induced reinstatement of nicotine seeking
IP 2–18 mg/kg Mouse ↑ PR responding for alcohol [226]
SA-57
IP 1–13 mg/kg Mouse ↓ Somatic signs of morphine withdrawal [220]
No effect on naloxone-induced CPA
IP 3–18 mg/kg Mouse ↓ Brain-stimulation reward [75]
IP 1–13 mg/kg Mouse ↓ Heroin self-administration [221]
↓ PR responding for heroin
↓ Cue-induced reinstatement of heroin seeking

CPA conditioned place aversion, DA dopamine, IP intraperitoneally, PR progressive-ratio, Δ9-THC Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol, ↓ and ↑ represent decrease and increase, respectively