Abstract
There is a considerable body of evidence indicating that stimuli associated with drug administration may become conditioned and evoke drug-like effects. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of morphine-paired stimuli to affect an expression of morphine withdrawal-facilitated aggression. Individually housed aggressive adult mice were subjected to the repeated subcutaneous administration of morphine (twice a day, 8 days, increasing doses 10–80 mg/kg). Morphine treatment cessation facilitated an aggressive behaviour of animals during the second day of withdrawal. Subcutaneous but not intraperitoneal injection of saline attenuated the aggressive behaviour in morphine-withdrawn mice. These results suggest that the site of drug injection may serve as a conditioned stimulus.
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