2024
Psilocybin reduces heroin seeking behavior and modulates inflammatory gene expression in the nucleus accumbens and prefrontal cortex of male rats
Floris G, Dabrowski K, Zanda M, Daws S. Psilocybin reduces heroin seeking behavior and modulates inflammatory gene expression in the nucleus accumbens and prefrontal cortex of male rats. Molecular Psychiatry 2024, 1-16. PMID: 39433903, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-024-02788-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrefrontal cortexHeroin seekingHeroin relapseDrug seekingSelf-administrationPrefrontal cortex of male ratsPrefrontal cortex of animalsCortex of male ratsHeroin self-administrationHeroin-seeking behaviorDrug-naive ratsOpioid-seeking behaviorSerotonin 2A receptorEfficacy of psilocybinAlcohol seekingHeroin takingForced abstinenceNucleus accumbensRelapse testRelapse behaviorIL-17AMaladaptive behaviorsPsychedelic compoundsAntagonist ketanserinPsilocybin
2018
The novel psychoactive substance methoxetamine induces persistent behavioral abnormalities and neurotoxicity in rats
Costa G, Serra M, Pintori N, Casu M, Zanda M, Murtas D, De Luca M, Simola N, Fattore L. The novel psychoactive substance methoxetamine induces persistent behavioral abnormalities and neurotoxicity in rats. Neuropharmacology 2018, 144: 219-232. PMID: 30366005, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2018.10.031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEffects of methoxetamineElevated plus mazePersistent behavioral abnormalitiesBehavioral effectsPlus mazeLocomotor activityBehavioral abnormalitiesDensity of dopamine transportersLocomotor activity of ratsImpaired non-spatial memoryNovel object recognition testEmission of ultrasonic vocalizationsMedial prefrontal cortexMarble burying testVentral tegmental areaPersistent behavioral effectsNon-spatial memoryNovel object recognitionObject recognition testActivity of ratsNeurotoxic effectsSubstantia nigra pars compactaSerotonergic damageNucleus accumbensBurying test
2014
Enhanced self-administration of the CB1 receptor agonist WIN55,212-2 in olfactory bulbectomized rats: evaluation of possible serotonergic and dopaminergic underlying mechanisms
Amchova P, Kucerova J, Giugliano V, Babinska Z, Zanda M, Scherma M, Dusek L, Fadda P, Micale V, Sulcova A, Fratta W, Fattore L. Enhanced self-administration of the CB1 receptor agonist WIN55,212-2 in olfactory bulbectomized rats: evaluation of possible serotonergic and dopaminergic underlying mechanisms. Frontiers In Pharmacology 2014, 5: 44. PMID: 24688470, PMCID: PMC3960502, DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2014.00044.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCB1 receptor agonist WIN55,212-2Model of depressionAgonist WIN55,212-2OBX ratsAcute pre-treatmentNucleus accumbensBulbectomized ratsSelf-administrationWIN55,212-2CGS 12066BIntravenous drug self-administration procedureRats self-administering methamphetamineDrug self-administration proceduresAnimal models of depressionSubstance use disorder comorbidityAssociated with drug consumptionBrain reward functionEnhanced self-administrationSelf-administer WINSerotonin 5HT1B receptor agonistsSham-operated ratsSelf-administer methamphetamineSelf-administration proceduresDepressive-like ratsDepressive-like state