A behavioral economic analysis of cocaine and remifentanil self-administration in rhesus monkeys

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 563-572

  Wade Galuska, Tammy ^a   Winger, Gail ^a   Woods, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Cocaine; Demand; Fixed ratio; Remifentanil; Rhesus monkey; Self administration; Substitutes

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; REMIFENTANIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; DRUG USE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY;

ALGORITHMS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCAINE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PIPERIDINES; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SELF ADMINISTRATION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 34848830433     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-007-0858-0     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Bickel WK, DeGrandpre RJ, Higgins ST, Hughes JR (1990) Behavioral economics of drug self-administration I. Functional equivalence of response requirement and drug dose. Life Sci 47:1501-1510
2. Bickel WK, Hughes JR, DeGrandpre RJ, Higgins ST, Rizzuto P (1992) Behavioral economics of drug self-administration IV. The effects of response requirement on the consumption of and interaction between concurrently available coffee and cigarettes. Psychopharmacology 107:211-216
3. Bickel WK, DeGrandpre RJ, Higgins ST (1993) Behavioral economics: a novel experimental approach to the study of drug dependence. Drug Alcohol Depend 33:173-192
4. Bickel WK, DeGrandpre RJ, Higgins ST (1995) The behavioral economics of concurrent drug reinforcers: a review and reanalysis of drug self-administration research. Psychopharmacology 118:250-259
5. Campbell UC, Carroll ME (2000) Reduction of drug self-administration by an alternative non-drug reinforcer in rhesus monkeys: magnitude and temporal effects. Psychopharmacology 147:418-425
6. Comer SD, Lac ST, Wyvell CL, Carroll ME (1996) Combined effects of buprenorphine and a nondrug alternative reinforcer on i.v. cocaine self-administration in rats maintained under FR schedules. Psychopharmacology 125:355-360
7. Comer SD, Collins ED, Wilson ST, Donovan MR, Foltin RW, Fischman MW (1998) Effects of an alternative reinforcer on intravenous heroin self-administration by humans. Eur J Pharmacol 345:13-26
8. Duvauchelle CL, Sapoznik T, Kornetsky C (1998) The synergistic effects of combining cocaine and heroin ('Speedball') using a progressive-ratio schedule of drug reinforcement. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 61:297-302
9. Higgins ST, Bickel WK, Hughes JR (1994) Influence of an alternative reinforcer on human cocaine self-administration. Life Sci 55:179-187
10. Hursh SR (1984) Behavioral economics. J Exp Anal Behav 42:435-452
11. Hursh R (2000) Behavioral economic concepts and methods for studying health behavior. In: Bickel WK and Vuchinich RE (eds) Reframing health behavior change with behavioral economics. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, pp27-60
12. Hursh SR, Winger G (1995) Normalized demand for drugs and other reinforcers. J Exp Anal Behav 64:373-384
13. Johnson MW, Bickel WK, Kirshenbaum AP (2004) Substitutes for tobacco smoking: a behavioral economic analysis of nicotine gum, denicotinized cigarettes, and nicotine-containing cigarettes. Drug Alcohol Depend 74:253-264
14. Leri F, Bruneau J, Stewart J (2003) Understanding polydrug use: review of heroin and cocaine co-use. Addiction 98:7-22
15. Mattox AJ, Thompson SS, Carroll ME (1997) Smoked heroin and cocaine base (speedball) combinations in rhesus monkeys. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 5:113-118
16. Mello NK, Negus SS, Lukas SE, Mendelson JH, Sholar JW, Drieze J (1995) A primate model of polydrug abuse: cocaine and heroin combinations. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 274:1325-1337
17. Nader MA, Woolverton WL (1992) Choice between cocaine and food by rhesus monkeys: effects of conditions of food availability. Behav Pharmacol 3:635-638
18. National Research Council (1996) Guide for the care and use of laboratory animals. National Academy, Washington DC
19. Petry NM, Bickel WK (1998) Polydrug abuse in heroin addicts: a behavioral economic analysis. Addiction 93:321-335
20. Petry NM, Bickel WK (1999) Buprenorphine dose self-selection: effects of an alternative reinforcer, behavioral economic analysis of demand, and examination of subjective drug effects. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 7:38-48
21. Ranaldi R, Munn E (1998) Polydrug self-administration in rats: cocaine-heroin is more rewarding than cocaine alone. Neuroreport 9:2463-2466
22. Ranaldi R, Wise RA (2000) Intravenous self-administration of methamphetamine-heroin (speedball) combinations under a progressive-ratio schedule of reinforcement in rats. Neuroreport 11:2621-2623
23. Rodefer JS, Mattox AJ, Thompson SS, Carroll ME (1997) Effects of buprenorphine and an alternative nondrug reinforcer, alone and in combination, on smoked cocaine self-administration in monkeys. Drug Alcohol Depend 45:21-29
24. Rowlett JK, Woolverton WL (1997) Self-administration of cocaine and heroin combinations by rhesus monkeys responding under a progressive-ratio schedule. Psychopharmacology 133:363-371
25. Rowlett JK, Wilcox KM, Woolverton WL (1998) Self-administration of cocaine-heroin combinations by rhesus monkeys: antagonism by naltrexone. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 286:61-69
26. Rowlett JK, Rodefer JS, Spealman RD (2005) Self-administration of cocaine-opioid combinations by rhesus monkeys: evaluation of the role of μ receptor efficacy using labor supply analysis. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 312:1289-1297
27. Spiga R, Martinetti MP, Meisch RA, Cowan K, Hursh S (2005) Methadone and nicotine self-administration in humans: a behavioral economic analysis. Psychopharmacology 178:223-231
28. Wade-Galuska T, Galuska C, Winger G, Woods JH (2007) Aspartame demand in rhesus monkeys: effects of volume and concentration manipulations. Behav Processes 74:71-78
29. Ward SJ, Morgan D, Roberts DC (2005) Comparison of the reinforcing effects of cocaine and cocaine/heroin combinations under progressive ratio and choice schedules in rats. Neuropsychopharmacology 30:286-295
30. Winger G, Galuska CM, Hursh SR, Woods JH (2006) Relative reinforcing effects of cocaine, remifentanil, and their combination in rhesus monkeys. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 318:223-229