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Mu- and kappa-opioid receptor-mediated opioid effects on social play in juvenile rats.

Previously, morphine has been shown to influence social play behavior in rats on two levels. An increasing effect on social play was interpreted as an effect on the rewarding aspects of social play. A lower dose of morphine abolished the effects of an unfamiliar environment on social play, supposedly by affecting the integration of environmental stimuli. In the present study the effects of receptor-specific opioid drugs on social play and measures of social behavior unrelated to play were investigated. Fentanyl, a mu-opioid receptor agonist, seemingly mimicked both effects of morphine. The mu-opioid receptor antagonist, beta-funaltrexamine, decreased social play, although a low dose of this drug increased it. BUBUC (Tyr-D-Cys(StBu)-Gly-Phe-Leu-Thr(OtBu)) and naltrindole, a delta-opioid receptor agonist and delta-opioid receptor antagonist, respectively, had no effects on social behavior. The kappa-opioid receptor agonist, U50,488H (trans-3,4-dichloro-N-methyl-N-[2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)-cyclohexyl]- benzeneacetamide), dose dependently suppressed all measures of social behavior. The kappa-opioid receptor antagonist, nor-binaltorphimine, abolished the effect of an unfamiliar environment on social play. These studies suggest that the opioidergic effect on social play is mediated through mu- and kappa-opioid receptor systems.[1]

References

  1. Mu- and kappa-opioid receptor-mediated opioid effects on social play in juvenile rats. Vanderschuren, L.J., Niesink, R.J., Spruijt, B.M., Van Ree, J.M. Eur. J. Pharmacol. (1995) [Pubmed]
 
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