Abstract
Morphine and ethylketazocine caused ipsilateral circling when injected unilaterally into the ventral tegmental area (VTA) of rats. Systematic naloxone only slightly inhibited this effect while systemic diprenorphine completely prevented circling. Systemic haloperidol and alpha-methyl-p-tyrosine also blocked circling. Rats made tolerant to morphine still turned after morphine injection into the VTA. Levorphanol, dextrorphan, methadone, DADLE, dynorphin(1–13), SKF 10,047 and phencyclidine were inactive when injected unilaterally into the VTA of naive rats; naloxone and naltrexone alone also were inactive. The opiate-induced circling appears to involve a non-mu opiate receptor as well as a dopaminergic neuronal system.
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