This protocol continues implementation of a laboratory model to evaluate pharmacological agents potentially useful in the treatment of cocaine abuse, investigating problems relevant to understanding and reducing uncontrolled cocaine use. It focuses on the smoked route, since crack use is now the major cocaine problem in the United States, and evaluates, within the context of cocaine self-administration, behavioral mechanisms of action of pharmacological agents proposed for treating cocaine dependence. Twenty subjects, ten opioid-dependent and ten non-opioid-dependent, will be recruited. Memantine is a non-competitive NMDA antagonist widely used in Europe in recent years as a treatment for dementia syndromes and Parkinson's disease. The study will require 47 days, with 21 days conducted on an inpatient basis and additional outpatient examinations.

Project Start
1999-12-01
Project End
2000-11-30
Budget Start
Budget End
Support Year
29
Fiscal Year
2000
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Columbia University (N.Y.)
Department
Type
DUNS #
167204994
City
New York
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
10032
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