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NAUNYN-SCHMIEDEBERGS ARCHIVES OF PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 369, Issue 3, Pages 287-293Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00210-004-0870-4
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mu-opioid receptor; transgenic mice; chemical kindling; shuttle box learning; receptor binding
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The relevance of mu-opioid systems for central excitability and kindling related disturbed learning performance was underlined by investigations using mu-opioid receptor knockout mice. Mice lacking mu-opioid receptors showed an accelerated kindling development induced by the convulsant drug pentylenetetrazol. Blockade of delta-opioid receptors by naltrindole suppressing kindling development in wild-type animals led to a further acceleration of kindled seizure development in the knockout mice. Mice lacking mu-opioid receptors showed such a low learning performance in the shuttle box, that the kindling induced learning deficit as seen in wild-type mice was not detected. The results were discussed on the basis of receptor binding studies with regard to subtypes of glutamatergic receptors, delta-opioid and somatostatin receptors. An increase in glutamate and somatostatin binding could contribute to the enhanced excitability in the-mu-opioid receptor knockout mice.
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