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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4 Pt 2
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-1-3
pubmed:abstractText
Opioids administered by intracerebroventricular injections produce analgesic responses in rats. The present study was undertaken to investigate the effects of a highly selective mu-opioid receptor ligand morphiceptin on trigemino-hypoglossal reflex in rats. The analgesic effect of morphiceptin was compared with another opioid peptide, Met-enkephalin. With the experimental settings used in this study, we have demonstrated that both morphiceptin and Met-enkephalin show significant dose-dependent analgesic effects after i.c.v. administration in rats as assayed by trigemino-hypoglossal reflex test. The antinociceptive response to Met-enkephalin was short lasting and was observed 10 to 15 min after i.c.v. perfusion. Morphiceptin had a relatively longer duration of antinociceptive action, the effect was observed 20-50 min after i.c.v. perfusion. Neither morphiceptin nor Met-enkephalin produced antinociception after peripheral injections. The results of the present study indicate that both tested peptides act at mu-opioid receptors situated in the central nervous system. They also suggest that mu-opioid receptors present in the central nervous system are an important element of the trigemino-hypoglossal reflex arc. For that reason selective mu-opioid receptor ligands, like morphiceptin, inhibit the reflex more significantly.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0867-5910
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
53
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
741-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12510860-Analgesics, pubmed-meshheading:12510860-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12510860-Dental Pulp, pubmed-meshheading:12510860-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:12510860-Electric Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:12510860-Endorphins, pubmed-meshheading:12510860-Enkephalin, Methionine, pubmed-meshheading:12510860-Hypoglossal Nerve, pubmed-meshheading:12510860-Injections, Intraperitoneal, pubmed-meshheading:12510860-Injections, Intravenous, pubmed-meshheading:12510860-Injections, Intraventricular, pubmed-meshheading:12510860-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12510860-Pain Measurement, pubmed-meshheading:12510860-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:12510860-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:12510860-Receptors, Opioid, mu, pubmed-meshheading:12510860-Reflex, pubmed-meshheading:12510860-Tongue, pubmed-meshheading:12510860-Trigeminal Nerve
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of cerebral ventricles perfusion with morphiceptin and Met-enkephalin on trigemino-hypoglossal reflex in rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Experimental and Clinical Physiology, Institute of Physiology and Biochemistry, Medical University of Lodz, Poland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't