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  • Title: Partial cross tolerance to D-Ala2-D-Leu5-enkephalin after chronic spinal morphine infusion.
    Author: Tseng LF.
    Journal: Life Sci; 1983 May 30; 32(22):2545-50. PubMed ID: 6304439.
    Abstract:
    The development of tolerance to morphine and cross tolerance to D-Ala2-D-Leu5-enkephalin (DADL) at spinal cord level to the inhibition of tail flick response was studied in rats tolerant to morphine. The long term intrathecal infusion of morphine sulfate was accomplished by means of an osmotic minipump. Intrathecal infusion of morphine sulfate (2 micrograms/hr) markedly elevated the tail flick latency measured 24 hr after the start of infusion. The increased tail flick latencies gradually decreased during 6 days of intrathecal infusion of morphine sulfate. Tolerance to morphine and DADL was determined by inhibition to the tail flick response after intrathecal administration of cumulative doses of morphine sulfate and DADL. Chronic intrathecal infusion of morphine induced a marked tolerance to morphine but developed only a slight cross tolerance to DADL. The results indicate that there exists two separate types of opioid receptor, mu- and delta-opioid receptor in the spinal cord of rats.
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