Site of naloxone-precipitated opiate withdrawal dissociates from that at which apomorphine reinitiates this phenomenon
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archiv für experimentelle Pathologie und Pharmakologie
- Vol. 305 (1) , 1-4
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00496998
Abstract
The site of action of naloxone to induce jumping in morphine tolerant/dependent rats appears to be dissociated from structures where apomorphine initiates its action to reinduce jumping in previously withdrawn animals. These findings suggest that dopaminergic pathways do not directly affect the neuronal circuit involved in withdrawal jumping behavior, but instead exert a facilitatory influence on neurons that become supersensitive during the state of withdrawal. Thus, an increased response to apomorphine during naloxone-precipitated opiate withdrawal does not necessarily imply a specific supersensitivity of the dopaminergic system.Keywords
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