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  • Title: Effect of antagonists selective for mu, delta and kappa opioid receptors on the reinforcing effects of heroin in rats.
    Author: Negus SS, Henriksen SJ, Mattox A, Pasternak GW, Portoghese PS, Takemori AE, Weinger MB, Koob GF.
    Journal: J Pharmacol Exp Ther; 1993 Jun; 265(3):1245-52. PubMed ID: 8389859.
    Abstract:
    Antagonists selective for mu, delta and kappa-opioid receptors were evaluated for their effects on responding maintained by i.v. injections of heroin (60.0 micrograms/kg/injection) in rats during daily 3-hr sessions. Under base-line conditions, rats self-administered 10 to 20 heroin injections during each session, and injections were separated by relatively constant interinjection intervals of about 10 to 20 min. The mu-selective antagonist beta-funaltrexamine (beta-FNA; 5.0-20.0 mg/kg, s.c.) produced a dose-dependent increase in responding for heroin, with some doses of beta-FNA producing an extinction-like pattern of responding. These results were qualitatively similar to the effect obtained by lowering the unit dose per injection of heroin. The mu 1-selective antagonist naloxonazine (NXZ; 7.5-30.0 mg/kg, i.v.) and the delta-selective antagonist naltrindole (1.0-17.0 mg/kg) also produced dose-dependent increases in heroin self-administration, but neither naloxonazine nor naltrindole produced extinction-like patterns of responding. The kappa-selective antagonist nor-binaltorphimine (nor-BNI; 5.0-10.0 mg/kg, s.c.) had no effect on heroin self-administration. These results indicate that mu receptors play an important role in mediating the reinforcing effects of heroin in the rat. Delta and mu 1 receptors, but not kappa receptors, may also be involved.
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