Several behavioral effects of abused drugs, particularly their reinforcing effects, are altered when experimental subjects are deprived of food. The research proposed here is designed to extend research into fundamental relationships between levels of food deprivation and the behavioral effects of the abused drugs cocaine and morphine. Several of the experiments will determine whether food deprivation alters the suppressive effects of cumulative doses of cocaine or morphine on operant (i.e., rewarded) behavior maintained by different reinforcers. Combinations of different levels of food deprivation and doses of drugs will be tested in rats lever-pressing under comparable schedules of food and water reinforcement, and shock avoidance. The effects of a neurochemical consequence of feeding will also be tested by administering drugs in combination with the potent endogenous feeding-inducing peptide, neuropeptide Y. These studies will have general implications for the role nutritional variables play in drug abuse, as well as provide the basis for research on the manner in which behavioral variables influence the nature of drug interactions.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Type
First Independent Research Support & Transition (FIRST) Awards (R29)
Project #
5R29DA008053-05
Application #
2713103
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (SRCD)
Project Start
1994-06-15
Project End
1999-05-31
Budget Start
1998-06-01
Budget End
1999-05-31
Support Year
5
Fiscal Year
1998
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
West Virginia University
Department
Psychology
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
191510239
City
Morgantown
State
WV
Country
United States
Zip Code
26506
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