Amphetamine‐Induced time‐dependent sensitization of dopamine neurotransmission in the dorsal and ventral striatum: A microdialysis study in behaving rats

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of amphetamine exposure on subsequent amphetamine-induced changes in behavior and dopamine (DA) release in the dorsal and ventral striatum, as a function of time following the discontinuation of repeated amphetamine treatment. Rats were pretreated with either saline or an escalating-dose amphetamine regimen, and then received a 0.5 mg/kg amphetamine "challenge" after either 3, 7, or 28 days of withdrawal. Animals tested after 28 days of withdrawal were hypersensitive (sensitized) to the locomotor-activating effects of amphetamine, and relative to control animals showed a significant enhancement in amphetamine-stimulated DA release in both the dorsal and ventral striatum, as revealed by in vivo microdialysis. Animals tested after only 3 or 7 days of withdrawal showed neither behavioral sensitization nor enhanced amphetamine-stimulated DA release. These results establish that time-dependent changes in behavioral sensitization to amphetamine are associated with time-dependent changes in amphetamine-stimulated DA release, and support the hypothesis that persistent sensitization-related changes in striatal DA neurotransmission contribute to the expression of behavioral sensitization.

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