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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-10
pubmed:abstractText
Previous reports have indicated that administration of the central cannabinoid receptor (CB(1)) antagonist SR141716A decreases intake of highly palatable food and drink. Disruption of normal food intake has been reported only at high doses known to disrupt spontaneous behaviors. The present study was designed to determine if rates of responding for normal food were sensitive to the effects of cannabinoid receptor blockade. Adult, male Sprague-Dawley rats were trained to lever press for normal food pellets under a fixed-ratio 15 (FR 15) schedule of reinforcement. SR141716A (0.3-3.0 mg/kg) produced dose-dependent reductions in response rate. WIN 55,212-2 (0. 3 mg/kg), a high efficacy cannabinoid agonist, given as a pre-treatment to SR141716A, significantly attenuated the rate-suppressing effects of SR141716A, suggesting a principal role of CB(1) receptors in mediating these behavioral effects. These data indicate that high palatability is not necessary to observe an anorectic effect of SR141716A.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0091-3057
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
67
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
265-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of SR141716A, a central cannabinoid receptor antagonist, on food-maintained responding.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.