Abstract
Chronic spinal infusion of the opiate antagonist naloxone or naltrexone fail to influence the antinociceptive effect of subsequent intrathecal morphine on the hot plate test in rats compared to saline-infused controls. These results contrast the functional supersensitivity to morphine seen after long-term systemic opiate antagonist administration and support the hypothesis that dopaminergic interactions, lacking in the spinal cord, are necessary for antagonist-induced opioid receptor upregulation.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 388-390 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Brain Research |
| Volume | 425 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 10 Nov 1987 |
Keywords
- Antinociception
- Morphine
- Naloxone
- Naltrexone
- Opioid receptor
- Upregulation
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