TABLE 6

Comparison of effects produced by representative drugs in intracranial self-stimulation and drug self-administration procedures

Drugs are listed in their order of discussion in the manuscript. A drug was considered to facilitate ICSS or to maintain self-administration if at least one published study supported this characterization. Drugs scheduled by the FDA are shown in boldface italic.

Facilitate ICSSaNo Change or Depress ICSS
Maintain self-administrationbAmphetamineHaloperidol
PhenmetrazineClonidine
MDMAZolpidem
CocaineBaclofen
MethylphenidateMPEP
MDPVWIN55212-2
Apomorphine
Methadone
Morphine
Nalbuphine
Nicotine
Varenicline
Scopolamine
Midazolam
Chlordiazepoxide
Diazepam
Pentobarbital
Phenobarbital
Toluene
Ethanol
MK-801
Phencyclidine
Ketamine
Δ9-THC
Testosterone
Tripelennamine
Fail to maintain Self-administrationCaffeineFenfluramine
Citalopram
Atomoxetine/nisoxetine
Imipramine/desipramine
Chlorpromazine
TFMPP
SNC80
U69593
Naloxone
URB597
  • a ICSS references are cited in section III.

  • b Drug self-administration references are as follows: baclofen (Griffiths et al., 1991), MDPV (Watterson et al., 2014), MK-801 (Koek et al., 1988), MPEP (van der Kam et al., 2009), TFMPP (Fantegrossi et al., 2005), SNC80 (Negus et al., 1998), toluene (Blokhina et al., 2004), U69593 (Negus et al., 2008), URB597 (Justinova et al., 2008), WIN55212-2 (Fattore et al., 2001). For all other drugs, results are taken from (O'Connor et al., 2011; Horton et al., 2013).