A comparison of the analgesic and behavioral effects of [D-Ala2] Met-enkepha-linamide and morphine in the mesencephalic reticular formation of rats. |
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Authors: | H J Haigler D D Spring |
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Institution: | Department of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA |
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Abstract: | D-Ala2]Met-enkephalinamide (DALA) injected intracerebrally (IC) at low doses into specific sites of the mesencephalic reticular formation (MRF), produced a profound, long-lasting analgesia that was blocked by naloxone, a specific opiate antagonist. Morphine was only half as potent as DALA because morphine, injected IC at similar sites in the MRF, yielded a comparable analgesia only when injected at twice the dose. The analgesic effects of morphine were also antagonized by naloxene. Both DALA and morphine produced specific behavioral effects. Naloxone blocked the behavioral effects of DALA, but not those produced by morphine. |
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