TY - JOUR 
A1 - García Pardo, María Pilar
AU - Rubia Ortí, José Enrique de la
AU - Aguilar Calpe, María Asunción
T1 - Differential effects of MDMA and cocaine on inhibitory avoidance and object recognition tests in rodents
Y1 - 2017
SN - 1074-7427
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11268/7434
AB - Introduction
Drug addiction continues being a major public problem faced by modern societies with different social, health and legal consequences for the consumers. Consumption of psychostimulants, like cocaine or MDMA (known as ecstasy) are highly prevalent and cognitive and memory impairments have been related with the abuse of these drugs.
Aim
The aim of this work was to review the most important data of the literature in the last 10 years about the effects of cocaine and MDMA on inhibitory avoidance and object recognition tests in rodents.
Development: The object recognition and the inhibitory avoidance tests are popular procedures used to assess different types of memory. We compare the effects of cocaine and MDMA administration in these tests, taking in consideration different factors such as the period of life development of the animals (prenatal, adolescence and adult age), the presence of polydrug consumption or the role of environmental variables. Brain structures involved in the effects of cocaine and MDMA on memory are also described.
Conclusions
Cocaine and MDMA induced similar impairing effects on the object recognition test during critical periods of lifetime or after abstinence of prolonged consumption in adulthood. Deficits of inhibitory avoidance memory are observed only in adult rodents exposed to MDMA. Psychostimulant abuse is a potential factor to induce memory impairments and could facilitate the development of future neurodegenerative disorders.
KW - MDMA
KW - Inhibitory avoidance
KW - Ensayos clínicos
KW - Drogas
KW - Efectos fisiológicos
KW - Estupefaciente
KW - Investigación médica
LA - eng
ER -