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Activation of GABA(B) receptors in central amygdala attenuates activity of PKC delta plus neurons and suppresses punishment-resistant alcohol self-administration in rats
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- Domi, Esi (author)
- Linköpings universitet,Centrum för social och affektiv neurovetenskap,Medicinska fakulteten,Univ Camerino, Italy
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- Xu, Li (author)
- Linköpings universitet,Centrum för social och affektiv neurovetenskap,Medicinska fakulteten
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- Toivainen Eloff, Sanne (author)
- Linköpings universitet,Centrum för social och affektiv neurovetenskap,Medicinska fakulteten
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- Wiskerke, Joost (author)
- Linköpings universitet,Centrum för social och affektiv neurovetenskap,Medicinska fakulteten
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- Coppola, Andrea, 1996- (author)
- Linköpings universitet,Centrum för social och affektiv neurovetenskap,Medicinska fakulteten
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- Holm, Lovisa, 1962- (author)
- Linköpings universitet,Centrum för social och affektiv neurovetenskap,Medicinska fakulteten
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- Augier, Eric, 1982- (author)
- Linköpings universitet,Centrum för social och affektiv neurovetenskap,Medicinska fakulteten
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- Petrella, Michele (author)
- Linköpings universitet,Centrum för social och affektiv neurovetenskap,Medicinska fakulteten
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- Heilig, Markus, 1959- (author)
- Linköpings universitet,Centrum för social och affektiv neurovetenskap,Medicinska fakulteten,Centrum för medicinsk bildvetenskap och visualisering, CMIV,Region Östergötland, Psykiatriska kliniken i Linköping
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- 2023-02-04
- 2023
- English.
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In: Neuropsychopharmacology. - : SPRINGERNATURE. - 0893-133X .- 1740-634X. ; 48, s. 1386-1395
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- Alcohol use despite negative consequences is a core phenomenon of alcohol addiction. We recently used alcohol self-administration that is resistant to footshock punishment as a model of this behavior, and found that activity of PKC delta + GABAergic neurons in the central amygdala (CeA) is a determinant of individual susceptibility for punishment resistance. In the present study, we examined whether activation of GABA(B) receptors in CeA can attenuate the activity of PKC delta + neurons in this region, and whether this will result in suppression of punishment- resistant alcohol self-administration in the minority of rats that show this behavior. Systemic administration of the clinically approved GABA(B) agonist baclofen (1 and 3 mg/kg) dose- dependently reduced punishment-resistant alcohol self-administration. Bilateral microinjections of baclofen into CeA (64 ng in 0.3 mu l/side) reduced the activity of PKC delta + neurons, as measured by Fos expression. This manipulation also selectively suppressed punished alcohol self-administration in punishment-resistant rats. Expression analysis indicated that virtually all CeA PKC delta + neurons express the GABA(B) receptor. Using in vitro electrophysiology, we found that baclofen induced hyperpolarization of CeA neurons, reducing their firing rate in response to depolarizing current injections. Together, our findings provide a potential mechanism that contributes to the clinical efficacy of baclofen in alcohol addiction. Therapeutic use of baclofen itself is limited by problems of tolerance and need for dose escalation. Our findings support a mechanistic rationale for developing novel, improved alcohol addiction medications that target GABA(B) receptors, and that lack these limitations, such as e.g., GABA(B) positive allosteric modulators (PAM:s).
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Neurovetenskaper (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Basic Medicine -- Neurosciences (hsv//eng)
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