Effect of yohimbine stress on reacquisition of oxycodone seeking in rats.

Psychopharmacology (Berl)

Department of Psychology, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd. E, Guelph, ON, N1W 2G1, Canada.

Published: July 2012

Rationale: Stress, a powerful precipitant of drug seeking during abstinence, may also accelerate the return to pathological patterns of intake after initial instances of drug reuse.

Objective: To explore the effect of stress on a learning process underlying relapse, this study assessed the effect of yohimbine on reacquisition of oxycodone seeking.

Methods: One hundred thirty-two male Sprague-Dawley rats underwent place conditioning with oxycodone (2 mg/kg, SC; ×6 days), extinction (vehicle × 6 days), and reconditioning with 0, 0.25, 2, or 5 mg/kg oxycodone (2 days). Yohimbine (0, 2.5, or 5 mg/kg, IP) was administered 30 min prior to reconditioning.

Results: Pretreatment with 2.5 mg/kg yohimbine increased, while 5 mg/kg yohimbine decreased, reacquisition of oxycodone-induced place preference. A follow-up study (n = 30) further indicated that the effect of yohimbine was specific to reacquisition.

Conclusion: The observation that yohimbine can enhance reacquisition of oxycodone seeking supports the hypothesis that stress can facilitate learning processes involved in the unfolding of relapse.

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