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Suppression of GABA-induced abstinence behaviour in naive rats by morphine and bicuculline.
Authors:T de Boer  H J Metselaar  J Bruinvels
Institution:Department of Pharmacology, Erasmus University Rotterdam P.O. Box 1738, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Abstract:Intraperitoneal administration of n-dipropylacetate (DPA) to naive rats produced abstinence behaviour including shaking, digging, hunchback posture, piloerection and ptosis during 15 min and increased motor activity considerably. Treatment with a subconvulsive dose of the GABA antagonist bicuculline suppressed this DPA-induced abstinence behaviour, indicating that GABA was increased at receptor sites. Also morphine in a low dose of 1 mg/kg suppressed this behaviour, while administration of naloxone after morphine treatment could release the abstinence behaviour. Simultaneous treatment with morphine and naloxone or naloxone alone were without effect. The administration to DPA treated rats of doses higher than 1 mg/kg morphine resulted in a severe depression of motor activity. It is concluded that an increased availability of GABA at its receptor sites plays an important role in the behaviour observed after DPA administration. The experiments with morphine and naloxone suggest that morphine receptors are involved in DPA-induced abstinence behaviour.
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