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Mierzejewski P, Siemiatkowski M, Radwanska K, Szyndler J, Bienkowski P, Stefanski R, Kaczmarek L, Kostowski W: Cycloheximide impairs acquisition but not extinction of cocaine self-administration. Neuropharmacology. 2006 Aug;51(2):367-73. Epub 2006 Jun 13.
The aim of the present study was to assess the role of de novo protein synthesis in the acquisition and extinction of cocaine self-administration. In a first experiment, rats were trained to respond for intravenous cocaine infusions (0.3 mg/kg) and a protein synthesis inhibitor, cycloheximide (CHX; 3 mg/kg, s.c.) was injected immediately after each self-administration session. In a second experiment, rats were allowed to acquire cocaine self-administration and CHX was injected immediately after subsequent extinction sessions. CHX impaired the acquisition, but not extinction, of cocaine self-administration. In control experiments, CHX (3 mg/kg) blocked c-Fos protein expression after foot-shock stress and impaired the acquisition of conditioned freezing but did not inhibit spontaneous locomotor activity and sucrose drinking. Our results suggest that: i) the acquisition and extinction of cocaine-reinforced behaviour have a different molecular basis; and ii) only the former process requires de novo protein synthesis. |
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