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Olfactory cues and morphine-induced conditioned analgesia in rats.

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In a Pavlovian conditioning procedure, rats were exposed to an odor conditioned stimulus (CS) and then were given morphine with its effect serving as the unconditioned stimulus (US). After four CS-US pairings, the CS was tested alone to assess the presence of an analgesic conditioned response (CR) using a hot-plate test. In Experiment 1a, two groups were conditioned by pairing either 10 mg/kg morphine or saline with an odor CS. In Experiment 1b, two groups were given an odor CS paired or unpaired with 10 mg/kg morphine. These results established that an odor cue can support a morphine-induced analgesic CR. Experiment 2 characterized the dose-effect curve (0, 3, 10, and 30 mg/kg morphine) using an odor conditioning procedure. The dose-effect curve showed an inverted U-shaped function, with the 10 mg/kg morphine group having significantly longer paw-lick latencies compared to all other groups. This finding contrasts with the monotonically ascending dose-effect curve for the analgesic unconditioned response (UR) to morphine.

Year of Publication
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1998
Journal
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Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior
Volume
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60
Issue
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1
Number of Pages
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115-8
ISSN Number
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0091-3057
URL
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https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0091-3057(97)00554-6
DOI
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10.1016/s0091-3057(97)00554-6
Short Title
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Pharmacol Biochem Behav
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