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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
1-3
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1985-4-26
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pubmed:abstractText |
Rats trained to discriminate pentylenetetrazol (PTZ) from saline in a two-lever food-reinforced operant task were given a three-day course of morphine, 15 to 45 mg/kg tid, ip. On the third day naloxone produced dose-dependent generalization to the PTZ stimulus, with 66% of subjects selecting the PTZ lever after the highest dose (0.32 mg/kg). Following termination of morphine injections, generalization of spontaneous withdrawal was tested. Approximately 50% of subjects selected the PTZ lever at 24 and 48 hrs after the last morphine, and by 96 hrs the percentage of subjects selecting the PTZ lever had dropped to 11%. Rats that chose the PTZ lever at 48 hrs were given diazepam, 5.0 mg/kg, which blocked the PTZ-like stimulus. These data demonstrate that morphine withdrawal produces a stimulus with PTZ-like characteristics which can be blocked by an anxiolytic, and they suggest that the PTZ discrimination may have general utility for investigating drug dependence and withdrawal in animals.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Dec
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pubmed:issn |
0143-4179
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
5
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
37-40
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:6543384-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:6543384-Discrimination (Psychology),
pubmed-meshheading:6543384-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:6543384-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:6543384-Morphine,
pubmed-meshheading:6543384-Morphine Dependence,
pubmed-meshheading:6543384-Pentylenetetrazole,
pubmed-meshheading:6543384-Rats,
pubmed-meshheading:6543384-Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
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pubmed:year |
1984
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Withdrawal from morphine generalizes to a pentylenetetrazol stimulus.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Comparative Study
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