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Reinforcing effects of peripherally administered substance P and its C-terminal sequence pGlu6-SP6-11 in the rat

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Reinforcing effects of intraperitoneally (IP) administered substance P (SP1-11), its amino-terminal fragment SP1-7 (SPN) and an analog of the carboxy terminus (pGlu6-SP6-11: SPC) were studied in rats. Two conditioned place preference paradigms were used. After three pairings of the drug with a certain environment the effect of the treatment was evaluated in the drug-free state during a test trial. The reinforcing effects of SP (37 nmol) and the equimolar dose of SPC were expressed by a significant increase in the amount of time the animals spent in the treatment environment. Other doses of SP (3.7 and 185 nmol) and SPC (7.4 and 185 nmol) and none of the doses of SPN (37, 185, 370 nmol) influenced the place preference behavior of the rats. The reinforcing effects of SP parallel the known facilitating effects of peripherally administered SP on memory. The amino acids that encode the reinforcing effects of SP may lie within the C-terminal sequence of the SP molecule.

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    Present address: Rudolf Magnus Institute for Medical Pharmacology, University of Utrecht, Vondellaan 6, NL-3521 GD, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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Oitzl, M.S., Hasenöhrl, R.U. & Huston, J.P. Reinforcing effects of peripherally administered substance P and its C-terminal sequence pGlu6-SP6-11 in the rat. Psychopharmacology 100, 308–315 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02244598

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