INTRA-CRANICAL SELF-ADMINISTRATION OF MORPHINE INTO THE VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA IN RATS
INTRA-CRANICAL SELF-ADMINISTRATION OF MORPHINE INTO THE VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA IN RATS
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DOI:
10.1016/0024-3205(81)90148-x
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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:
WISE, RA
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作者:
BOZARTH, MA;WISE, RA
The rewarding properties of morphine injected directly into the ventral tegmental area were investigated using a self-administration procedure. Experimentally naive rats demonstrated rapid acquisition of a lever-pressing response which produced a 100 ng infusion of morphine sulfate solution. Response rates were relatively stable and markedly exceeded lever-press rates of rats passively receiving the same pattern of infusions (i.e., yoked control procedure). Intracranial self-administration was effectively blocked by naloxone suggesting that this behavior is mediated through opiate receptors and is not the consequence of mechanical trauma, or changes in osmolarity or pH.