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ArticleNeuropharmacology2019

Opioid-like antinociceptive and locomotor effects of emerging fentanyl-related substances.

Neil B Varshneya, D Matthew Walentiny, Lea T Moisa, Teneille D Walker, Luli R Akinfiresoye, Patrick M Beardsley

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Article in Neuropharmacology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Antinociceptive Effect and Hyperalgesia of Fentanyl and Its Analogues.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Neil B VarshneyaDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
D Matthew WalentinyDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
Lea T MoisaDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
Teneille D WalkerDiversion Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration, United States Department of Justice, Springfield, VA, USA.
Luli R AkinfiresoyeDiversion Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration, United States Department of Justice, Springfield, VA, USA.
Patrick M BeardsleyDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA. Electronic address: patrick.beardsley@vcuhealth.org.
Virginia Commonwealth University · USDrug Enforcement Administration · USUnited States Department of Justice · US

Funding

TRAINING IN THE PHARMACOLOGY OF ABUSED DRUGST32DA007027 · NIDA · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI William L. Dewey · 1985 to 2026
$14.7M
NIDA NIH HHS T32 DA007027
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The emergence of several fentanyl-related substances in the recreational drug marketplace has resulted in a surge of opioid overdose deaths in the United States. Many of these substances have never been examined in living organisms under controlled conditions. In the present study, seven fentanyl-related substances were tested in adult male Swiss Webster mice for their effects on locomotion and antinociception and compared to those of fentanyl and morphine. In locomotor activity tests, fentanyl (1, 10 mg/kg), morphine (100, 180 mg/kg), isobutyrylfentanyl (10 mg/kg), crotonylfentanyl (10 mg/kg), para-fluorobutyrylfentanyl (10, 100 mg/kg), para-methoxybutyrylfentanyl (10 mg/kg), thiophenefentanyl (100 mg/kg), and benzodioxolefentanyl (0.1 mg/kg) produced significant (p ≤ 0.05) dose-dependent increases in locomotion. Valerylfentanyl, however, was without effects on locomotion up to 100 mg/kg. In warm-water tail-withdrawal tests, all substances produced significant (p ≤ 0.05) dose-dependent increases in antinociception with increasing ED

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AnimalsDose-Response Relationship, DrugFentanylMaleMiceMorphineMotor ActivityNarcoticsNociceptionPain ThresholdFentanylMorphineNarcoticsAnalgesiaAnalogFentanylLocomotionMiceOpioid

Identifiers

PMID30904478
PMCPMC8992608
OpenAlexW2924916082

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