We next determined whether the effect of systemic PPF on reinstatement depended upon its ability to restore expression of GLT-1 in the nucleus accumbens.
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Thus, the involvement of PPAR-α in the ability of FAAH to block cue-induced reinstatement of nicotine seeking appears to be minimal.
In a second set of experiments the ability of a priming dose of WIN to reinstate an MDMA-induced CPP (cross-reinstatement) was tested.
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It is probably relevant that we have previously demonstrated that the ability of a low dose of caffeine to cause reinstatement of cocaine-seeking behavior could be mimicked by A1-, but not by A2A receptor antagonists [38], even though A2A antagonists per se tend to produce at least as large increases in locomotion that do A1R antagonists [35], [36], [39].
Studies using operant reinstatement procedures also have demonstrated an important role for CRF in mediating the ability of stress to trigger relapse-like behavior.
However, selective enhancement of endogenous levels of the CB1 agonist anandamide can block the reinstatement of nicotine seeking in rats, and both PPAR-α and CB1 receptors contribute to the ability of URB597 to block the effects of nicotine on neuronal signaling (Luchicchi et al, 2010; Melis et al, 2008).
However, despite its ability to block acquisition of nicotine self-administration in experimentally naive rats or to block reinstatement of nicotine seeking in rats that were currently abstinent, URB597 did not affect nicotine intake in rats that had an ongoing baseline of nicotine self-administration (Forget et al, 2009).
Overall, both URB597 and URB694 show promise for the initialization and maintenance of smoking cessation because of their ability to block the rewarding effects of nicotine and prevent nicotine priming-induced and cue-induced reinstatement.
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