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  • Title: Nonspecific convulsions are induced by morphine but not D-Ala2-methionine-enkephalinamide at cortical sites.
    Author: Frenk H, Watkins LR, Miller J, Mayer DJ.
    Journal: Brain Res; 1984 May 07; 299(1):51-9. PubMed ID: 6326965.
    Abstract:
    Cortical application of morphine (25, 100 and 400 micrograms) induced cortical spikes in a dose-related fashion and, at 400 micrograms, behavioral and electrographic seizures. These electrographic seizures were not opiate specific since this activity occurred undiminished in naltrexone-pretreated animals and was even potentiated in animals pretreated for 6 days with increasingly higher doses of systemic morphine. In contrast to the effects induced by morphine, the most consistent electrographic effect of cortically applied D-Ala2-methionine-enkephalin (DALA) and methadone was a depression of cortical EEG. These results support the hypothesis that the cortex and spinal cord together form the anatomical substrate of the documented nonspecific convulsive action of high systemically administered doses of morphine.
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