Article
Chronic stress induces strain-dependent sensitization to the behavioral effects of amphetamine in the mouse.
Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior - 1 Sept 1992
Badiani A, Cabib S, Puglisi-Allegra S
Abstract excerpt
Following 10 days of daily restraint stress, sensitization developed to the stimulatory effect of amphetamine on locomotion in DBA/2 but not in C57BL/6 mice tested 24 h after the last stressful experience regardless of their being naive or habituated to the test cages. Saline-injected C57BL/6 mic...
Topics
- 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid
- Amphetamine
- Animals
- Behavior, Animal
- Brain Chemistry
- Genotype
- Habituation, Psychophysiologic
- Homovanillic Acid
- Male
- Methyltyrosines
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred DBA
- Motor Activity
- Receptors, Dopamine
- Restraint, Physical
- Species Specificity
- Stress, Psychological
