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  • Title: Neuronal basis for the hyperthermic effect of mu-opioid agonists in rats: decrease in temperature sensitivity of warm-sensitive hypothalamic neurons.
    Author: Yakimova KS, Sann H, Pierau FK.
    Journal: Neurosci Lett; 1996 Nov 01; 218(2):115-8. PubMed ID: 8945741.
    Abstract:
    The effect of the selective mu-opioid receptor agonist Tyr-Pro-N-MePhe-D-NH2 (PL-017) on tonic activity and temperature sensitivity of neurons in the preoptic area/anterior hypothalamus (PO/AH) has been examined in rat brain slices using extracellular recordings. The tonic activity of both warm-sensitive and temperature-insensitive neurons was inhibited in a dose-dependent manner by superfusion with the mu-agonist (0.5-100 nM). The temperature sensitivity was selectively decreased in warm-sensitive neurons in concentrations up to 10 nM. Only in the high concentration of 100 nM did the mu-agonist reduce the temperature coefficient of both types of neurons. Pretreatment with equimolar concentrations of the mu-antagonist D-Phe-Cys-Tyr-D-Trp-Orn-Thr-Pen-Thr-NH2 (CTOP) prevented the effects of the mu-agonist (0.5-10 nM) on tonic activity as well as temperature sensitivity. The results suggest that a specific change of the temperature sensitivity of PO/AH neurons is involved in the hyperthermia induced by mu-agonists in rats.
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