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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-7-2
pubmed:abstractText
The pattern of activation of dopamine (DA) neurotransmission in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) of rats produced by H(1) histamine antagonists which have behavioral effects like those of psychostimulant drugs was examined. Diphenhydramine and (+)-chlorpheniramine were compared with triprolidine, a potent and selective H(1) antagonist and (-)-chlorpheniramine which is less active than its enantiomer at H(1) receptors. Affinities of the drugs to DA, serotonin, and norepinephrine transporters at H(1) receptors and potencies for DA uptake inhibition in striatal synaptosomes were determined to assess mechanisms by which the compounds increased DA levels. Intravenous diphenhydramine (1.0-3.0 mg/kg) (+)- and (-)-chlorpheniramine (1.0-5.6 mg/kg) but not triprolidine (1.0-3.0 mg/kg) elicited a cocaine-like pattern of stimulation of DA transmission with larger effects in the NAc shell than core. The absence of stereospecific effects with chlorpheniramine enantiomers along with the lack of an effect with triprolidine suggest that the effects on DA transmission were not related to H(1) receptor antagonism. Although in vivo potencies were not directly related to DA transporter affinities, it is hypothesized that actions at that site modulated by other actions, possibly those at the serotonin transporter, are primarily responsible for the neurochemical actions of the drugs on DA neurotransmission and might underlie the occasional misuse of these medications.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1471-4159
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
106
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
147-57
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18363822-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18363822-Central Nervous System Stimulants, pubmed-meshheading:18363822-Chlorpheniramine, pubmed-meshheading:18363822-Cocaine, pubmed-meshheading:18363822-Diphenhydramine, pubmed-meshheading:18363822-Dopamine, pubmed-meshheading:18363822-Dopamine Agonists, pubmed-meshheading:18363822-Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18363822-Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:18363822-Histamine H1 Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:18363822-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18363822-Nucleus Accumbens, pubmed-meshheading:18363822-Presynaptic Terminals, pubmed-meshheading:18363822-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:18363822-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:18363822-Reward, pubmed-meshheading:18363822-Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18363822-Stereoisomerism, pubmed-meshheading:18363822-Substance-Related Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:18363822-Synaptic Transmission, pubmed-meshheading:18363822-Synaptosomes, pubmed-meshheading:18363822-Triprolidine
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Cocaine-like neurochemical effects of antihistaminic medications.
pubmed:affiliation
Psychobiology Section, Medications Discovery Research Branch, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA. gtanda@intra.nida.nih.gov
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural