Abstract |
The present study assessed in rats the effects of muscarinic receptor antagonism upon analgesia induced by cold-water swims (CWS: 2 degrees C for 3.5 min) and 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2DG: 600 mg/kg). First, CWS analgesia was significantly reduced 30 min after the swim by scopolamine (0.01 and 0.1 mg/kg) and methylscopolamine (10 mg/kg) pretreatment, and was eliminated 60 min after the swim by scopolamine (0.01-10 mg/kg) and methylscopolamine (1,10 mg/kg) pretreatment. In contrast, scopolamine potentiated CWS hypothermia. Second, while scopolamine (1 mg/kg) and methylscopolamine (1,10 mg/kg) pretreatment prolonged 2DG analgesia, both antagonists dose-dependently reduced 2DG hyperphagia. Third, the changes in analgesic and hypothermic stress responses were not due to baseline shifts in jump thresholds or body temperatures. However the dose-dependent reductions by scopolamine and methylscopolamine in baseline food intake and 2DG hyperphagia were significantly correlated. Fourth, the dose-dependent reduction by scopolamine and methylscopolamine of pilocarpine analgesia differed in pattern from the other analgesic effects, suggesting heterogeneity in muscarinic receptor modulation of different analgesic responses.
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Authors | E S Sperber, E Kramer, R J Bodnar |
Journal | Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior
(Pharmacol Biochem Behav)
Vol. 25
Issue 1
Pg. 171-9
(Jul 1986)
ISSN: 0091-3057 [Print] United States |
PMID | 3749224
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
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Chemical References |
- Receptors, Muscarinic
- Scopolamine Derivatives
- Scopolamine
- Acetylcholine
- N-Methylscopolamine
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Topics |
- Acetylcholine
- Animals
- Body Temperature
- Feeding Behavior
(physiology)
- Male
- N-Methylscopolamine
- Pain
(physiopathology)
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Strains
- Receptors, Muscarinic
(physiology)
- Scopolamine
- Scopolamine Derivatives
- Sensory Thresholds
- Stress, Physiological
(physiopathology)
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