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Abstract
1. In rats, a subcutaneous injection of morphine (2.5 mg/kg) produced hyperthermia which was greatly attenuated by an intraperitoneal injection of physostigmine (0.1 mg/kg), but not of neostigmine (0.08 mg/kg) and promptly reversed by a subcutaneous injection of nalorphine.2. It is concluded that the hyperthermia is a specific response to morphine, central in origin, and the result of diminished acetylcholine (ACh) release from central cholinergic neurones.Entities:
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Year: 1972 PMID: 5040664 PMCID: PMC1665827 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1972.tb07291.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Pharmacol ISSN: 0007-1188 Impact factor: 8.739