Baseline impulsive choice predicts the effects of nicotine and nicotine withdrawal on impulsivity in rats

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• 作者：Hakan Kayir ; Svetlana Semenova ; Athina Markou
• 关键词：HI ; high impulsive ; LI ; low impulsive ; ITI ; intertrial interval ; AUC ; area under the curve ; ANOVA ; analysis of variance ; s ; second(s) ; min ; minute(s) ; h ; hour(s)
• 刊名：Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
• 出版年：3 January, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：48
• 期：Complete
• 页码：6-13
• 全文大小：801 K

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Impulsive choice, a form of impulsivity, is associated with tobacco smoking in humans. Trait impulsivity may be a vulnerability factor for smoking, or smoking may lead to impulsive behaviors. We investigated the effects of 14-day nicotine exposure (6.32 mg/kg/day base, subcutaneous minipumps) and spontaneous nicotine withdrawal on impulsive choice in low impulsive (LI) and high impulsive (HI) rats. Impulsive choice was measured in the delayed reward task in which rats choose between a small immediate reward and a large delayed reward. HI and LI rats were selected from the highest and lowest quartiles of the group before exposure to nicotine. In non-selected rats, nicotine or nicotine withdrawal had no effect on impulsive choice. In LI rats, chronic nicotine exposure decreased preference for the large reward with larger effects at longer delays, indicating increased impulsive choice. Impulsive choices for the smaller immediate rewards continued to increase during nicotine withdrawal in LI rats. In HI rats, nicotine exposure and nicotine withdrawal had no effect on impulsive choice, although there was a tendency for decreased preference for the large reward at short delays. These results indicate that nicotine- and nicotine withdrawal-induced increases in impulsive choice depend on trait impulsivity with more pronounced increases in impulsive choice in LI compared to HI subjects. Increased impulsivity during nicotine exposure may strengthen the addictive properties of nicotine and contribute to compulsive nicotine use.