Subchronic treatment of rats with nicotine: Interconversion of nicotinic receptor subtypes in brain

Luciana Romanelli; Birgitta Öhman; Abdu Adem; Agneta Nordberg

doi:10.1016/0014-2999(88)90577-8

Subchronic treatment of rats with nicotine: Interconversion of nicotinic receptor subtypes in brain

Luciana Romanelli, Birgitta Öhman, Abdu Adem, Agneta Nordberg

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Abstract

A significant increase in the number of cortical high-affinity (-)-[³H]nicotine binding sites was measured in rats treated with nicotine (0.45 mg/kg) twice daily for 18 days. Competition experiments with (-)-[³H]nicotine and various concentrations of unlabelled (-)-nicotine revealed that the proportion of high-affinity nicotine binding sites was significantly increased in the nicotine-treated group while the proportion of low-affinity nicotinic binding sites was similarly significantly reduced compared to the controls. In addition there was a significant decrease in the affinity of both subtypes of nicotinic binding sites.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	289-291
Number of pages	3
Journal	European Journal of Pharmacology
Volume	148
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-2999(88)90577-8
Publication status	Published - Mar 29 1988
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

(Subchronic treatment, Dependence, Rat)
Brain
Nicotinic receptor subtypes
[H]Nicotine

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Pharmacology

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