Tolerance to the disruptive effects of Δ9-THC on learning in rats

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Tolerance to the effects of the cannabinoid agonist Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC) was characterized in rats responding under a multiple schedule of repeated acquisition and performance. During the acquisition component, subjects acquired a different three-response sequence each session, whereas in the performance component the sequence was the same each session. Responding was maintained under a second-order fixed-ratio 2 (FR2) schedule of food reinforcement. Acute doses of Δ9-THC (1-10 mg/kg) decreased rate and accuracy in both components, whereas doses of the cannabinoid (CB1) receptor antagonist N-(piperidin-1-yn-)-5-(4-chlorophenyl)-1-(2, 4-dichlorophenyl)-4-methyl-1H- pyrazole-3-carboxamide hydrochloride (SR141716A; 0.32 and 1 mg/kg) were ineffective. While 5.6 mg/kg of Δ9-THC disrupted responding when administered acutely, tolerance to the rate-decreasing and error-increasing effects of this dose developed in both components after daily administration. When 1 mg/kg of SR141716A was substituted for Δ9-THC during chronic administration, this previously ineffective dose selectively increased within-session errors in the acquisition component of the multiple schedule. During the postchronic phase, subjects were generally less sensitive to the disruptive effects of Δ9-THC. In summary, these data demonstrated that tolerance to Δ9-THC developed across two different behavioral tasks and that learning was generally more sensitive than performance to the effects of SR141716A during chronic treatment with Δ9-THC. © 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.

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Delatte, M. S., Winsauer, P. J., & Moerschbaecher, J. M. (2002). Tolerance to the disruptive effects of Δ9-THC on learning in rats. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 74(1), 129–140. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0091-3057(02)00966-8

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