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  • Title: Vascular adrenergic responses in morphine-dependent rats.
    Author: Gustafsson H, Delle M, Nilsson H.
    Journal: Acta Physiol Scand; 1990 Jun; 139(2):333-9. PubMed ID: 2368620.
    Abstract:
    The circulatory effects of morphine abstinence have recently been found to involve decreased renal sympathetic nerve activity and increased mean arterial pressure, induced by vasoconstriction. A direct influence of morphine withdrawal on the peripheral vasculature could possibly contribute to the increased resistance. Therefore, contractile responses to transmural nerve stimulation and to applied noradrenaline of peripheral arteries from morphine-dependent and untreated rats were examined in vitro under paired conditions. No increase in contractile response was observed after chronic morphine treatment, either on nerve stimulation or on applied noradrenaline. Instead the smooth muscle sensitivity to adrenergic stimulation was reduced. Consequently, the present study does not support a peripheral adrenergic origin of the vasoconstriction during naloxone-precipitated morphine abstinence.
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