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Interactions between ibogaine and cocaine in rats: in vivo microdialysis and motor behavior.

Isabelle M Maisonneuve, Stanley D Glick

European Journal of Pharmacology March 3, 1992 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(92)90340-a (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Animal experiment Peer reviewed
Population Rats
Interventions Ibogaine Cocaine
Dose 40 mg/kg i.p. ibogaine; 20 mg/kg i.p. cocaine
Topics Ibogaine
Citations 59
Key findings Ibogaine pretreatment potentiated cocaine-induced increases in extracellular dopamine and motor activity in rats.

Abstract

To investigate a possible basis for the proposed anti-addictive property of ibogaine, the effects of an ibogaine (40 mg/kg i.p.) pretreatment on in vivo neurochemical and motor effects induced by cocaine (20 mg/kg i.p.) were studied. Ibogaine, administered 19 h earlier, potentiated the increase in extracellular dopamine levels in striatum and nucleus accumbens as well as the stimulated motor activity induced by cocaine. Although high doses of cocaine can become aversive by producing an anxiogenic reaction, it is unknown whether the potentiation of cocaine's effects by ibogaine would also cause aversion and lead to a decrease in cocaine addiction.

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