ISSN:
1432-2072
Keywords:
Drug discrimination
;
Self-administration
;
Brotizolam
;
Pentobarbital
;
Rhesus monkeys
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract The reinforcing and discriminative stimulus effects of brotizolam, a benzodiazepine-hypnotic, were evaluated in rhesus monkeys. In one experiment, separate groups of monkeys (N=3/group) were trained to discriminate pentobarbital (10 mg/kg, IG) ord-amphetamine (0.56–1.0 mg/kg, IG) from saline, in a discrete-trials avoidance/escape paradigm. Pentobarbital (5.6–10 mg/kg), diazepam (1.0–1.7 mg/kg), and brotizolam (0.3–1.7 mg/kg) resulted in 100% drug-lever responding in all three pentobarbital-trained monkeys. Ind-amphetamine-trained monkeys brotizolam administration resulted only in saline-lever responding. In another experiment, monkeys were surgically prepared with indwelling intravenous catheters and lever pressing resulted in an injection of 0.1 mg/kg/injection sodium methohexital under a fixed-ratio 10 (FR 10) schedule. Pentobarbital (0.01–0.3 mg/kg/injection) and diazepam (0.003–0.10 mg/kg/injection) maintained responding above saline control levels when substituted for methohexital. Brotizolam (0.001–0.01 mg/kg/injection) resulted in more injections received compared to saline, but fewer injections compared to pentobarbital or diazepam. Thus, results from the present experiment suggest that brotizolam would have pentobarbital-like subjective effects. However, the abuse liability of brotizolam may be lower than that for diazepam.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02244198
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