PMID- 22784256 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20131029 LR - 20191210 IS - 1369-1600 (Electronic) IS - 1355-6215 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 4 DP - 2013 Jul TI - Contribution of impulsivity and novelty-seeking to the acquisition and maintenance of MDMA self-administration. PG - 654-64 LID - 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2012.00477.x [doi] AB - It has been suggested that the response to novelty and impulsivity predict the latency to acquisition and maintenance of drug self-administration, respectively. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between these two traits and (1) the latency to acquisition and (2) maintenance (drug-seeking) of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) self -administration. Impulsivity, measured as premature responding on the five-choice serial reaction time task (5-CSRTT), and novelty-seeking, measured as the locomotor response in a novel environment, were measured prior to self-administration. Latency to acquisition was determined as the number of test sessions required to self-administer an initial criterion of 90 infusions of 1.0 mg/kg/infusion, as well as an additional 150 infusions of 0.5 mg/kg/infusion MDMA. For some rats, the ability of MDMA [0, 5.0 or 10.0 mg/kg, intraperitoneal (IP)] to produce drug-seeking was subsequently measured, and for others, impulsivity was again measured following self-administration. Novelty-seeking was not significantly correlated with either the acquisition or drug-seeking measures of MDMA self-administration. Impulsivity was not significantly correlated with the latency to acquire self-administration of MDMA, but was significantly and positively correlated with the magnitude of MDMA-produced drug-seeking. Furthermore, MDMA self-administration produced a number of notable, but transient, deficits in the 5-CSRTT; there was an increase in omission rate and a delayed increase in premature responses in particular. These findings suggest that impulsivity, but not sensation seeking, might be a risk factor for the development of compulsive drug-seeking following withdrawal from MDMA self-administration. CI - (c) 2012 The Authors, Addiction Biology (c) 2012 Society for the Study of Addiction. FAU - Bird, Judith AU - Bird J AD - School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. FAU - Schenk, Susan AU - Schenk S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20120711 PL - United States TA - Addict Biol JT - Addiction biology JID - 9604935 RN - 0 (Hallucinogens) RN - KE1SEN21RM (N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine) SB - IM MH - Amphetamine-Related Disorders/physiopathology/*psychology MH - Analysis of Variance MH - Animals MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Drug-Seeking Behavior/drug effects/*physiology MH - Exploratory Behavior MH - Hallucinogens/*administration & dosage/pharmacology MH - Humans MH - Impulsive Behavior MH - Linear Models MH - Locomotion/physiology MH - Male MH - N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine/*administration & dosage/pharmacology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Reaction Time/drug effects/physiology MH - Reinforcement, Psychology MH - Self Administration/psychology MH - Time Factors EDAT- 2012/07/13 06:00 MHDA- 2013/10/30 06:00 CRDT- 2012/07/13 06:00 PHST- 2012/07/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/07/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/10/30 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2012.00477.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Addict Biol. 2013 Jul;18(4):654-64. doi: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2012.00477.x. Epub 2012 Jul 11.