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ArticleJournal of pharmacological and toxicological methods

Thermal sensitivity as a measure of spontaneous morphine withdrawal in mice.

Rebecca E Balter, Linda A Dykstra

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Article in Journal of pharmacological and toxicological methods. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rebecca E BalterNeurobiology Curriculum, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States. rbalter@email.unc.edu
Linda A Dykstra
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

Training on Research in Drug AbuseT32DA007244 · NIDA · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Regina M Carelli · 1990 to 2026
$7.6M
OPIOID ANALGESICS: PHARMACOLOGICAL FACTORSR01DA002749 · NIDA · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI DYKSTRA, LINDA A · 1985 to 2009
$2.2M
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA002749NIDA NIH HHS T32 DA007244
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionOpioid withdrawal syndrome is a critical component of opioid abuse and consists of a wide array of symptoms including increases in pain sensitivity (hyperalgesia). A reliable preclinical model of hyperalgesia during opioid withdrawal is needed to evaluate possible interventions to alleviate withdrawal. The following study describes a method for assessing increases in thermal sensitivity on the hotplate in a mouse model of spontaneous morphine withdrawal.

methodsC57BL/6J mice received 5.5days of 30, 56, or 100mg/kg morphine or saline (s.c., twice daily). In Experiment I, thermal sensitivity data were collected at baseline and at 8, 24, 32, 48h and 1week following the final injection. Thermal sensitivity was assessed by examining latency to respond on a hotplate across a range of temperatures (50, 52, 54, and 56°C). In Experiment II, 0.01mg/kg buprenorphine was administered 30min prior to each testing session during the withdrawal period. In Experiment III, jumping during a 30min period was assessed at baseline and at 0, 8, 24, 32, and 48h following the final morphine injection.

resultsDuring the withdrawal period, thermal sensitivity increased significantly in all morphine-treated mice as compared to saline-treated mice. Thermal sensitivity was greater in mice treated with 56mg/kg morphine compared to 30mg/kg and peaked earlier than in mice treated with 100mg/kg (32h v 1wk). The increase in thermal sensitivity following 56mg/kg morphine was attenuated by a dose of buprenorphine that did not produce antinociception alone (i.e., 0.01mg/kg). In general, the results of the jumping experiment paralleled those obtained in Experiment I. DISCUSSION: Response latency on the hotplate is a reliable and sensitive measure of spontaneous morphine withdrawal in mice, making it an ideal behavior for assessing the potential of medications and environmental interventions to alleviate opioid withdrawal.

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AnimalsBehavior, AnimalBuprenorphineHot TemperatureHyperalgesiaMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMorphineNarcotic AntagonistsPain ThresholdSubstance Withdrawal SyndromeBuprenorphineMorphineNarcotic Antagonists

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PMID23416790
PMCPMC3631460
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