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Query: UMLS:C0278080 (physical dependence)
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Morphine was administered intracerebroventricularly to normal or recombinant inbred CXBK (mu-opioid receptor deficient) mice and antinociception was determined against two different stimuli. Morphine-induced antinociception against acetylcholine was strain-dependent, whereas against endothelin-1 it was not. The antinociception was mediated via opioid mu receptors (blocked by beta-FNA, but not naltrindole, ICI 174,864 or nor-BNI) through separate pathways, one naloxonazine-sensitive and the other naloxonazine-insensitive. Taken together, these results appear to demonstrate supraspinal morphine-induced antinociception through distinct subtypes of the mu opioid receptor, supporting the possibility of novel subtype-selective therapeutic agents with greater separation between analgesia and side-effects or physical dependence. Furthermore, the methodology described herein provides model systems for the in vivo screening of such agents.
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PMID:Opioid mu receptor subtypes (possibly mu 1 and mu 2) revealed by morphine-induced antinociception vs endothelin-1 in recombinant inbred CXBK mice. 828 81