Emily R Hawken1, Richard J Beninger. 1. Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, 116 Barrie Street, Kingston, ON, Canada, K7L 3N6, erhawken@gmail.com.
Abstract
RATIONALE: Amphetamine enhances dopamine (DA) transmission and induces psychotic states or exacerbates psychosis in at-risk individuals. Amphetamine sensitization of the DA system has been proposed as a rodent model of schizophrenia-like symptoms. In humans, excessive nonphysiologic drinking or primary polydipsia is significantly associated with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. In rodents, nonphysiologic drinking can be induced by intermittent presentation of food in the presence of a drinking spout to a hungry animal; this phenomenon is termed, "schedule-induced polydipsia" (SIP). OBJECTIVE: This study aims to determine the effects of amphetamine sensitization on SIP. METHODS: We injected rats with amphetamine (1.5 mg/kg) daily for 5 days. Following 4 weeks of withdrawal, animals were food restricted and exposed to the SIP protocol (noncontingent fixed-time 1-min food schedule) for daily 2-h sessions for 24 days. RESULTS: Results showed that previously amphetamine-injected animals drank more in the SIP protocol and drank more than controls when the intermittent food presentation schedule was removed. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that hyperdopaminergia associated with schizophrenia may contribute to the development of polydipsia in this population. Whether animals that develop SIP have DA dysfunction or aberrant activity of other circuits that modulate DA activity has yet to be clearly defined.
RATIONALE: Amphetamine enhances dopamine (DA) transmission and induces psychotic states or exacerbates psychosis in at-risk individuals. Amphetamine sensitization of the DA system has been proposed as a rodent model of schizophrenia-like symptoms. In humans, excessive nonphysiologic drinking or primary polydipsia is significantly associated with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. In rodents, nonphysiologic drinking can be induced by intermittent presentation of food in the presence of a drinking spout to a hungry animal; this phenomenon is termed, "schedule-induced polydipsia" (SIP). OBJECTIVE: This study aims to determine the effects of amphetamine sensitization on SIP. METHODS: We injected rats with amphetamine (1.5 mg/kg) daily for 5 days. Following 4 weeks of withdrawal, animals were food restricted and exposed to the SIP protocol (noncontingent fixed-time 1-min food schedule) for daily 2-h sessions for 24 days. RESULTS: Results showed that previously amphetamine-injected animals drank more in the SIP protocol and drank more than controls when the intermittent food presentation schedule was removed. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that hyperdopaminergia associated with schizophrenia may contribute to the development of polydipsia in this population. Whether animals that develop SIP have DAdysfunction or aberrant activity of other circuits that modulate DA activity has yet to be clearly defined.
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