| Literature DB >> 17026991 |
Joyce Besheer1, Rebekah A Stevenson, Clyde W Hodge.
Abstract
Recent work has identified a role for metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGlu(5)) in the discriminative stimulus properties of investigator-administered ethanol. The purpose of this study was to determine if mGlu(5) receptors modulate the discriminative stimulus properties of self-administered ethanol. Results show that the mGlu(5) receptor antagonist 6-Methyl-2-(phenylethynyl)pyridine (MPEP; 10 mg/kg) inhibited the discriminative stimulus properties of consumed ethanol during a self-administration test session. Further, 10 mg/kg MPEP increased and 1 mg/kg MPEP decreased the amount of self-administered ethanol required to produce full substitution. These results indicate that mGlu(5) receptors are involved in the expression of the discriminative stimulus properties of self-administered ethanol.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17026991 PMCID: PMC1676072 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2006.08.071
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Pharmacol ISSN: 0014-2999 Impact factor: 4.432