Sensitization to Cocaine: Behavioral and Genetic Characterization

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dc.contributor.advisorMichael Forster
dc.contributor.committeeMemberGlenn Dillon
dc.contributor.committeeMemberHarbans Lal
dc.creatorOdom, Linda Ann
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-22T21:42:48Z
dc.date.available2019-08-22T21:42:48Z
dc.date.issued1998-04-01
dc.date.submitted2013-11-15T13:18:03-08:00
dc.description.abstractOdom, Linda Ann, Sensitization to Cocaine: Behavioral and Genetic Characterization. Doctor of Philosophy (Pharmacology). April 1998, 141 pages, 2 tables, 23 figures, 89 references. Conditioned associations between environmental context and cocaine effects may play a significant role in acquisition and maintenance of cocaine dependence. Conditioning may also contribute significantly to cocaine sensitization, a leftward shift in the cocaine dose-response curve that is attributable to cocaine pre-exposure. Both studies examined the sensitization of cocaine’s behavioral effects after one or four prior exposures to cocaine in two distinct environments, allowing evaluation of the acquisition and magnitude of sensitization to cocaine and the contribution of conditioning to sensitization. An extinction component was added to the second study to allow determination of persistence of context-dependent sensitization in C57BL/6 and DBA/2 mice. The purpose of the first study was to fully characterize the quantity and quality of the sensitized behavioral response to cocaine in Swiss Webster mice and to determine parameters for sensitization in the second study. Results of this study indicated that pairing cocaine to the testing environment resulted in a leftward shift of the dose-response curves for both horizontal and stereotypy measures and a concurrent decrease in maximal effect of cocaine on horizontal distance and an increase in maximal effect of cocaine on horizontal distance and an increase in maximal effect of cocaine on stereotypy. The multivariate behavior profile indicated that the sensitized response to cocaine was best observed in response to 1 to 5 mg/kg cocaine, and that the conditioned response elicited by saline following cocaine pre-exposure closely resembled the 10 mg/kg acute cocaine response. The overall purpose of the second study was to determine if genetic differences in various aspects of such conditioned associations could contribute to individual differences in cocaine dependence. It was determined that, although DBA/2 mice had a faster rate of acquisition of context-dependent sensitization to cocaine than C57/BL6 mice, the multivariate behavior profile of the conditioned response of C57BL/6 mice resembled the behavior observed with a higher dose of acute cocaine and had greater magnitude and greater persistence than that of DBA/2 mice, which may explain in part the susceptibility of the C57BL/6 mice to cocaine dependence.
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dc.subjectBehavioral Disciplines and Activities
dc.subjectBehavior and Behavior Mechanisms
dc.subjectBiological Factors
dc.subjectChemical Actions and Uses
dc.subjectChemicals and Drugs
dc.subjectComparative and Laboratory Animal Medicine
dc.subjectGenetic Processes
dc.subjectGenetics
dc.subjectGenetics and Genomics
dc.subjectLife Sciences
dc.subjectMedical Genetics
dc.subjectMedical Pharmacology
dc.subjectMedicine and Health Sciences
dc.subjectOther Chemicals and Drugs
dc.subjectOther Genetics and Genomics
dc.subjectPhysiological Processes
dc.subjectPsychiatry and Psychology
dc.subjectPsychological Phenomena and Processes
dc.subjectSubstance Abuse and Addiction
dc.subjectSensitization
dc.subjectcocaine
dc.subjectbehavioral characterization
dc.subjectgenetic characterization
dc.subjectenvironmental context
dc.subjectdependence
dc.subjectsensitization
dc.subjectSwiss Webster mice
dc.subjectC57BL/6
dc.subjectDBA/2
dc.titleSensitization to Cocaine: Behavioral and Genetic Characterization
dc.typeDissertation
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thesis.degree.departmentGraduate School of Biomedical Sciences
thesis.degree.disciplinePharmacology and Neuroscience
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy

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