| Literature DB >> 18955087 |
Sam G Buckman1, Stephen R Hodgson, Rebecca S Hofford, Shoshana Eitan.
Abstract
Rats undergoing both naloxone-precipitated and spontaneous opioid withdrawal exhibit anxiogenic behaviors in the elevated plus maze (EPM). Recently, we observed an unexpected result, namely mice exhibited increased EPM open-arm time during naloxone-precipitated morphine withdrawal. This was surprising since this behavioral outcome is usually associated with an anxiolytic profile. This study demonstrates that mice exhibit an increase in both EPM open-arm time and % open-arm entries also during spontaneous opioid withdrawal.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18955087 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.09.035
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Behav Brain Res ISSN: 0166-4328 Impact factor: 3.332