Oxytocin neurone autoexcitation during morphine withdrawal in anaesthetized rats
Oxytocin neurone autoexcitation during morphine withdrawal in anaesthetized rats
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DOI:
10.1097/00001756-199703030-00027
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发表时间:
1997-03-03
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影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
Russell, JA
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作者:
Brown, CH;Munro, G;Russell, JA
WE investigated whether release of oxytocin into the supraoptic nucleus is involved in morphine-withdrawal excitation of oxytocin neurones. Retrodialysis of naloxone into the supraoptic nucleus of morphine-dependent rats increased intranuclear oxytocin release by 56.5p +/-12.7% whereas no change was seen in vehicle-treated dependent rats. In another experiment, in morphine-dependent rats given intravenous (i.v.) naloxone, intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) oxytocin receptor antagonist injection reduced the increase of plasma oxytocin concentration (to 28-fold) compared with i.c.v. vehicle (62-fold increase). Finally, the increase in oxytocin neurone firing rate following morphine-withdrawal in the presence of i.c.v. oxytocin antagonist infusion was 28% of the steady state firing rate (15-20 min later) and this was lower (p