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Mood-elevating effects of d-amphetamine and incentive salience: the effect of acute dopamine precursor depletion.
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Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience . Mar2007, Vol. 32 Issue 2, p129-136. 8p. 1 Chart, 2 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- Objective: Midbrain dopamine transmission is thought to regulate responses to rewarding drugs and drug-paired stimuli; however, the exact contribution, particularly in humans, remains unclear. In the present study, we tested whether decreasing dopamine synthesis, as produced by acute phenylalanine/tyrosine depletion (APTD), would alter responses to the stimulant drug, d-amphetamine. Methods: On 3 separate days, 14 healthy men received d-amphetamine (0.3 mg/kg, given orally) plus a nutritionally balanced amino acid mixture, the phenylalanine/tyrosine-deficient mixture or the phenylalanine/tyrosine-deficient mixture followed by the immediate dopamine precursor, L-DOPA (Sinemet, 2 × 100 mg/25 mg). Responses to these treatments were assessed with visual analog scales, the Profile of Mood States, and a computerized Go/No-Go task. Results: d-Amphetamine elicited its prototypical subjective effects, but these were not altered by APTD. In comparison, APTD significantly increased commission errors on the Go/No-Go task and did so uniquely in conditions where subjects were rewarded for making correct responses; this effect of APTD was prevented by L-DOPA. Conclusions: Together these results support the hypothesis that, in healthy men, dopamine is not closely linked to euphorogenic effects of abused substances but does affect the salience of reward-related cues and the ability to respond to them preferentially. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *AMPHETAMINES
*DOPAMINE
*PHARMACODYNAMICS
*NEUROTRANSMITTERS
*PHENYLALANINE
*TYROSINE
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 11804882
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 24232335