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      Neuronal basis for the hyperthermic effect of μ-opioid agonists in rats: decrease in temperature sensitivity of warm-sensitive hypothalamic neurons

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      Neuroscience Letters
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          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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          Journal
          Neuroscience Letters
          Neuroscience Letters
          Elsevier BV
          03043940
          November 1996
          November 1996
          : 218
          : 2
          : 115-118
          Article
          10.1016/S0304-3940(96)13133-5
          8945741
          ebe55206-898a-4612-a328-4170a5bf762c
          © 1996

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