EFFECT OF ACUTE AND CHRONIC NALOXONE ADMINISTRATION ON MOTOR ACTIVATION IN THE RAT

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AMIR, S
SOLOMON, M
AMIT, Z
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[1] Center for Research on Drug Dependence, Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, Que. H3G 1M8
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10.1016/0028-3908(79)90058-3
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Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
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The acute and chronic effects of naloxone on motor activity was studied in rats. No difference in motor activity was noted between naloxone-treated (2.5, 5.0, 10.0 mg/kg) and saline-treated rats on the first day of testing. By contrast, naloxone, in all three doses tested, blocked the increase in motor activation noted in saline-treated animals upon repeated testing. These data may suggest that endogenous opioid systems may play a role in behavioral activation and adaptation and provide further support to the proposed involvement of endogenous ligands for the opiate receptor in emotional reactivity. © 1979.
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