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Physiology & Behavior

Volume 35, Issue 1, July 1985, Pages 135-138
Physiology & Behavior

Non-opiate analgesia following stressful acoustic stimulation

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Abstract

The change in the nociceptive reactions of rats was characterized after stressful acoustic (115 dB) stimulation. Acoustic loading for five minutes resulted in considerable analgesia in the hot-plate test, whereas a significant analgesic response was not observed in the tail-flick test. The analgesic reaction after acoustic stimulation was resistant to naloxone pretreatment and was also found in morphine-tolerant rats, but the acute thermoregulatory and analgesic effects of morphine were greatly potentiated by simultaneous acoustic loading. Substance P or cholecystokinin treatment likewise failed to prevent the analgesic effect of auditory stimulation. No tolerance developed to the analgesic effect on repeated stressing. Diltiazem, a slow calcium channel blocker, facilitated the analgesia. The data suggest a stress-induced analgesia with obviously non-opiate properties, although an indirect involvement of opiate effects could not be excluded.

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Supported by the Interkozmos Council of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and TPB, EÜM 48.

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