ISSN:
1432-2072
Keywords:
DPDPE
;
Straub tail
;
Opioid receptor selectivity
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract [d-Pen2,d-Pen5]enkephalin (DPDPE; 3–30 µg) and morphine (10 µg) both caused Straub tails, increased locomotion, and circling after ICV administration to ICR mice. DPDPE-induced tail stiffening was reduced when mice were pretreated with naloxone (0.5 mg/kg SC) orβ-funaltrexamine (10 µg ICV), but not with ICI 174864 (2 mg/kg SC), the selective antagonist at delta opioid receptors. These results point to (a) mu receptors mediating the tail stiffening and (b) the loss of delta receptor selectivity after 10 and 30 µg DPDPE.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02244117
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