Expression of morphine-conditioned hyperactivity is attenuated by naloxone and pimozide.
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| Abstract | :  The present experiments assessed whether morphine-conditioned hyperactivity could be attenuated by either the opiate antagonist naloxone or the dopamine antagonist pimozide. Both of these antagonists were shown to block the unconditioned hyperactivity induced by 2 mg/kg morphine (Experiment 1). Rats were then conditioned by pairing this dose of morphine repeatedly with a distinctive environment (Experiment 2). Following several drug-environment pairings, rats displayed a hyperactive conditioned response (CR) when exposed to the environment in the absence of the drug. CR expression was counteracted by 1 mg/kg naloxone and was attenuated by pimozide (0.25, 0.33, and 0.4 mg/kg) in a dose-related manner. These findings suggest that the unconditioned and conditioned hyperactive responses produced by morphine may involve similar neuropharmacologic substrates. | 
| Year of Publication | :  0 | 
| Journal | :  Psychopharmacology | 
| Volume | :  93 | 
| Issue | :  3 | 
| Number of Pages | :  314-9 | 
| Date Published | :  1987 | 
| ISSN Number | :  0033-3158 | 
| URL | :  https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00187249 | 
| DOI | :  10.1007/BF00187249 | 
| Short Title | :  Psychopharmacology (Berl) | 
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