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J Neurochem ; 68(2): 683-90, 1997 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9003056

ABSTRACT

Using microdialysis, changes in monoamine metabolism were monitored in the locus coeruleus of freely moving rats during opiate withdrawal concomitantly with behavioral symptoms. Rats were infused with morphine (2 mg/kg/h, s.c.) or saline for 5 days and challenged with naltrexone (100 mg/kg, s.c.) on day 6. Following naltrexone challenge, the classic behavioral symptoms of morphine withdrawal were observed in rats treated with morphine but not in saline-infused rats. In morphine-dependent rats, naltrexone induced a marked increase (280%) in dialysate concentrations of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid, an index of the functional activity of the noradrenergic neurons in the locus coeruleus. The local concentrations of the serotonin metabolite 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid were also increased (70%) during morphine withdrawal. Taken together, these results (a) confirm in unanesthetized rats the hypothesis of an activation by opiate withdrawal of noradrenergic neurons in the locus coeruleus and (b) suggest an increase in serotonergic transmission in the same nucleus during morphine withdrawal.


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Analgesics, Opioid/pharmacology , Biogenic Monoamines/metabolism , Locus Coeruleus/metabolism , Morphine/pharmacology , Substance Withdrawal Syndrome , 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid/metabolism , Analgesics, Opioid/antagonists & inhibitors , Animals , Behavior, Animal/drug effects , Behavior, Animal/physiology , Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid/metabolism , Male , Microdialysis , Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors/pharmacology , Morphine/antagonists & inhibitors , Motor Activity/drug effects , Naltrexone/pharmacology , Narcotic Antagonists/pharmacology , Pargyline/pharmacology , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley
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