DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS PROPERTIES OF MDA ANALOGS
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 17 (7), 807-814
Abstract
Rats trained to discriminate (.+-.) 2,5-dimethoxy-4-methylphenylisopropylamine (DOM) (1.0 mg/kg) from saline, using a standard 2-lever operant task, were challenged with various doses of 3,4-methylenedioxyphenylisopropylamine (MDA) and several related agents. The (.+-.)-DOM stimulus generalized to (.+-.)-MDA, suggesting that both agents apparently produce similar stimulus cues. Related agents, known to produce effects in man similar to those produced by (.+-.)-MDA, resulted in generalization when administered to the DOM-trained animals, e.g., R(-)-MDA and a methoxylated derivative of (.+-.)-MDA, (.+-.)-2-OMe-4,5-MDA. DOM stimulus generalization was not observed for S(+)-MDA, the N-monomethyl and .alpha.-demethyl derivatives of MDA, nor for a metabolite of MDA (i.e., 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylisopropylamine). R(-)-, (.+-.)-MDA and (.+-.)-2-OMe-4,5-MDA, but not the other derivatives of MDA, are apparently capable of producing behavioral (stimulus) effects common to those produced by the training dose of (.+-.)-DOM.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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