NARCOTIC-ANTAGONISTS ATTENUATE DRINKING INDUCED BY WATER-DEPRIVATION IN A PRIMATE
NARCOTIC-ANTAGONISTS ATTENUATE DRINKING INDUCED BY WATER-DEPRIVATION IN A PRIMATE
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DOI:
10.1016/0024-3205(81)90455-0
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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影响因子:
6.1
通讯作者:
HOLTZMAN, SG
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作者:
BROWN, DR;HOLTZMAN, SG
Pure narcotic antagonists such as naloxone and naltrexone consistently attenuate drinking in the rat after periods of water deprivation. Observations were extended to a primate species, the squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus). Whereas naloxone and naltrexone have a greater relative affinity for opiate receptors preferentially binding morphine and other opiate alkaloids than for those with high affinity for the endogenous opiold peptides, diprenorphine, another pure opiate antagonist, binds with equally high affinity to both receptor subtypes. The actions of diprenorpine were determined on drinking in water-deprived rats and squirrel monkeys and the effects of this drug compared to those of naloxone and naltrexone. All 3 narcotic antagonists suppressed water comsumption of monkeys and rats deprived of water for 18 and 24 h, respectively. Diprenorphine was the most potent compound tested in both species, producing significant reductions in water consumption of monkeys and rats at systemic doses as low as 0.01 and 0.1 mg/kg, respectively. Diprenorphine was the longest acting of the 3 drugs in the monkey. The narcotic antagonists attenuate drinking in primates well as in rodents and support the hypothesis that these drugs reduce water intake by interrupting the activity of endogenous opioid pathways mediating drinking behavior.