TY - JOUR
T1 - Preadolescent Methylphenidate versus Cocaine Treatment Differ in The Expression of Cocaine-Induced Locomotor Sensitization During Adolescence and Adulthood
AU - Guerriero, Réjean M.
AU - Hayes, Margaret M.
AU - Dhaliwal, Sharon K.
AU - Ren, Jia Qian
AU - Kosofsky, Barry E.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (DA 08648 and DA 00354; to BEK) and Boston College.
PY - 2006/12/1
Y1 - 2006/12/1
N2 - Background: Methylphenidate (MPH), the most commonly prescribed medication for childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), shares chemical and mechanistic similarities to cocaine which has stimulated research to address the addiction liability following treatment. Methods: Utilizing locomotor sensitization we examined the consequences of recurrent MPH versus cocaine treatment during preadolescence in altering cocaine-induced locomotor behavior in adolescent and adult mice. Black Swiss Webster mice were treated with MPH, cocaine, or saline during preadolescence. To test whether MPH pretreatment during preadolescence contributed to an altered sensitivity to cocaine during adolescence, these mice were treated with recurrent cocaine or saline during adolescence. All mice were challenged with cocaine as adults. Results: Recurrent MPH treatment, unlike cocaine treatment in preadolescent mice, had no effect on locomotor sensitization to cocaine during adolescence or adulthood, as compared with saline controls. Furthermore, unlike cocaine, administration of MPH in adolescence did not augment the response to cocaine challenge. Conclusions: MPH treatment during preadolescence does not increase subsequent sensitivity to cocaine, whereas cocaine treatment does. Thus, MPH treatment during preadolescence does not appear to persistently induce long-term adaptations, which may underlie an enhanced liability for subsequent drug abuse.
AB - Background: Methylphenidate (MPH), the most commonly prescribed medication for childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), shares chemical and mechanistic similarities to cocaine which has stimulated research to address the addiction liability following treatment. Methods: Utilizing locomotor sensitization we examined the consequences of recurrent MPH versus cocaine treatment during preadolescence in altering cocaine-induced locomotor behavior in adolescent and adult mice. Black Swiss Webster mice were treated with MPH, cocaine, or saline during preadolescence. To test whether MPH pretreatment during preadolescence contributed to an altered sensitivity to cocaine during adolescence, these mice were treated with recurrent cocaine or saline during adolescence. All mice were challenged with cocaine as adults. Results: Recurrent MPH treatment, unlike cocaine treatment in preadolescent mice, had no effect on locomotor sensitization to cocaine during adolescence or adulthood, as compared with saline controls. Furthermore, unlike cocaine, administration of MPH in adolescence did not augment the response to cocaine challenge. Conclusions: MPH treatment during preadolescence does not increase subsequent sensitivity to cocaine, whereas cocaine treatment does. Thus, MPH treatment during preadolescence does not appear to persistently induce long-term adaptations, which may underlie an enhanced liability for subsequent drug abuse.
KW - Locomotor sensitization
KW - attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
KW - brain development
KW - cocaine
KW - methylphenidate
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U2 - 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.03.034
DO - 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.03.034
M3 - Article
C2 - 16780809
AN - SCOPUS:33750632481
SN - 0006-3223
VL - 60
SP - 1171
EP - 1180
JO - Biological Psychiatry
JF - Biological Psychiatry
IS - 11
ER -