Context-specific morphine withdrawal in rats: duration and effects of clonidine

Autor: J E, Kelsey, J S, Aranow, R T, Matthews
Rok vydání: 1990
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Zdroj: Behavioral neuroscience. 104(5)
ISSN: 0735-7044
Popis: Rats previously injected with morphine in a particular environment (paired rats) emitted more withdrawal symptoms in that environment than did rats previously injected with morphine in another environment (unpaired rats) after both 1 day and 5 days of morphine abstinence. Thus, reexposure to an environment previously associated with morphine can elicit context-specific withdrawal even after several days of morphine abstinence. Clonidine (0.06 mg/kg) reduced most of the withdrawal symptoms seen 5 days after morphine abstinence in both the paired and unpaired rats. However, clonidine enhanced many of the withdrawal symptoms in both groups of rats during naltrexone-precipitated withdrawal 1 day after morphine abstinence.
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