Comparison of the effects of morphine, pentazocine, cyclazocine and amphetamine on intracranial self-stimulation in the rat
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Psychopharmacology
- Vol. 46 (3), 223-227
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00421106
Abstract
Rats were trained to press a lever in order to stimulate their lateral hypothalamus through a chronically implanted electrode. Dose-response curves were determined for the effects of morphine (0.3–10 mg/kg), pentazocine (1.0–30 mg/kg), cyclazocine (0.03–3.0 mg/kg) and d-amphetamine (0.1–3.0 mg/kg) on responding for intracranial stimulation, and then were redetermined in the presence of one or two doses of naloxone. The three analgesics produced only dose-related decreases in responding with the following relative potencies: cyclazocine>morphine>pentazocine. The well-documented rate-increasing effects of d-amphetamine on intracranial self-stimulation were observed at 0.3 and 1.0 mg/kg of the drug; decreases in responding at 3.0 mg/kg were associated with stereotyped behavior. Naloxone, which had no effect of its own on self-stimulation, increased the dose of the analgesics required to depress response rate in a manner consistent with a competitive antagonism. In contrast, response rates were reduced at all doses of d-amphetamine tested in the presence of naloxone. Thus, the interaction between naloxone and d-amphetamine is qualitatively different from the one between naloxone and the analgesics. This finding extends to intracranial self-stimulation the generality of a previous report of interactions between d-amphetamine and naloxone on behavior in the rat.Keywords
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