Lack of effect of anticonvulsant topiramate on methamphetamine-induced stereotypy and rewarding property in mice

• Published in: Pharmacology, biochemistry and behavior Vol. 87; no. 1; pp. 48 - 55
• Main Authors: Tatsuta, Tomohiro, Kitanaka, Nobue, Kitanaka, Junichi, Morita, Yoshio, Takemura, Motohiko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.05.2007; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Animals; Anticonvulsant; Anticonvulsants - pharmacology; Biological and medical sciences; Central Nervous System Stimulants - antagonists & inhibitors; Central Nervous System Stimulants - pharmacology; Conditioned place preference; Conditioning, Operant - drug effects; Dopamine - metabolism; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Fructose - analogs & derivatives; Fructose - pharmacology; Homovanillic Acid - metabolism; Male; Medical sciences; Methamphetamine; Methamphetamine - antagonists & inhibitors; Methamphetamine - pharmacology; Mice; Mice, Inbred ICR; Motor Activity - drug effects; Neostriatum - drug effects; Neostriatum - metabolism; Neuropharmacology; Nucleus Accumbens - drug effects; Nucleus Accumbens - metabolism; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Psychoanaleptics: cns stimulant, antidepressant agent, nootropic agent, mood stabilizer..., (alzheimer disease); Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopharmacology; Reward; Stereotyped Behavior - drug effects; Stereotypy; Topiramate; Topiramate; Anticonvulsant; Conditioned place preference; Stereotypy; Methamphetamine; Amphetamine derivatives; CNS stimulant; Psychotropic; Rodentia; Metamfetamine; Sympathomimetic; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Mouse; Animal; Drug of abuse
• ISSN: 0091-3057; 1873-5177
• DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2007.03.019

The effects of topiramate, a structurally novel anticonvulsant, on the methamphetamine (METH)-induced expression of stereotypy and conditioned place preference (CPP) in male ICR mice were investigated. After a single administration of METH (10 mg/kg, i.p.), mice showed stereotyped behaviors with a plateau level 25 min after drug challenge. Pretreatment with topiramate (1, 10, and 100 mg/kg, i.p.) 30 min prior to METH challenge had no effect on the expression frequency of stereotypy, compared with saline challenge. No differential effects of topiramate on METH-induced stereotyped behavior (that is, head-bobbing, circling, continuous sniffing, nail and/or wood-chip biting, and vigorous and compulsive grooming) were observed. In saline-challenged groups, the doses of topiramate examined did not induce any stereotyped behaviors. Although mice showed a significant CPP for METH (0.5 mg/kg, i.p.), pretreatment with subchronic topiramate did not affect the magnitude of CPP. Locomotor activity was not affected by the doses of topiramate tested. Conditioned rewarding or aversive effects of topiramate were not observed as indexed by the place preference procedure. These results suggested the lack of effect of topiramate on METH-induced stereotypy and rewarding property in mice.