The interaction of morphine and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic systems in anxiolytic behavior: using mu-opioid receptor knockout mice

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Kenroh SasakiIng K Ho

Abstract

We investigated the interaction of morphine and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic systems in anxiolytic action using mu-opioid receptor knockout and wild-type female mice. An elevated plus-maze test was used to assess anxiolytic behavior. The anxiolytic activities were monitored after experimental animals were pretreated with morphine [15 mg/kg, subcutaneous (s.c.)] and 3 h later received a single dose of muscimol (0.5 mg/kg, s.c.). In another experiment, mice received a single dose of opioid antagonist, naloxone [1.0 mg/kg, intraperitoneal (i.p.)], or GABA(A) receptor antagonist, (+)bicucullin (2.0 mg/kg, i.p.), 2.5 h after the morphine and 30 min before the muscimol injection. Control mice received vehicle only. The results show that morphine enhanced muscimol-induced staying time in open arms by 160% in wild-type mice. Moreover, the effect of morphine in the wild type was inhibited by the pretreatment of either naloxone or (+)bicucullin. Autoradiographic analysis indicated that morphine-administration raised [(3)H]muscimol binding by around 25% of the basal level in posterior thalamic, mediodorsal thalamic, and amygdaloid areas, but not in the hippocampal area in wild-type mice. In contrast, morphine administration did not...Continue Reading

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