Delayed onset of single dose tolerance to morphine analgesia |
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Authors: | H.E. Criswell S.T. Dahlberg J.S. Cwiertniewicz |
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Affiliation: | Department of Psychology, Williams College, USA |
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Abstract: | Rats received either 20 mg/Kg of morphine sulfate I.P. or 5 μgm of morphine sulfate microinjected into the periaqueductal gray area of the brain. The analgesic effect of the morphine was determined by comparing pre- and postinjection tailflick latencies. To test for tolerance following a single injection, the procedure was repeated 6, 12 or 24 hours after the first injection and tests. Tolerance was not observed 6 hours after the original injection, tolerance was observed at 12 hours and increased tolerance was present at 24 hours. Single dose tolerance to morphine appears to develop slowly over a period of several hours and during much of this time, the amount of opiate present in the brain was insufficient to produce analgesia. Similarity between central and peripheral administration suggests a central mechanism of single dose tolerance. |
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