The effects of a 12-12 h light-dark (L-D) cycle and of constant light (L-L) on nociceptive thresholds and morphine-induced analgesia were studied in two strains of mice: C57BL/6 and SEC/1Re. Under the L-D condition, a diurnal rhythm was observed in the responsiveness of mice to nociceptive stimuli, and in the analgesic effects of morphine. Under the L-L schedule clear patterns of daily rhythmicity were evident in both strains for both nociceptive thresholds and responsiveness to morphine. Finally, under the L-L schedule, the overall responsiveness to pain and the antinociceptive effects of morphine were clearly increased in comparison to the patterns evident in the L-D condition. The administration of naloxone decreased the nociceptive thresholds, thus indicating an involvement of the endogenous opioid peptides. These phenomena are discussed in terms of the different pacemaker mechanisms involved in the expression of various patterns of daily behavioral and neurochemical rhythmicity in these strains, and of the effects of light in controlling the release of endogenous opioids.

Opiate analgesia: evidence for circadian rhythms in mice / Oliverio, Alberto; C., Castellano; PUGLISI ALLEGRA, Stefano. - In: BRAIN RESEARCH. - ISSN 0006-8993. - STAMPA. - 249:(1982), pp. 265-270.

Opiate analgesia: evidence for circadian rhythms in mice.

OLIVERIO, Alberto;PUGLISI ALLEGRA, Stefano
1982

Abstract

The effects of a 12-12 h light-dark (L-D) cycle and of constant light (L-L) on nociceptive thresholds and morphine-induced analgesia were studied in two strains of mice: C57BL/6 and SEC/1Re. Under the L-D condition, a diurnal rhythm was observed in the responsiveness of mice to nociceptive stimuli, and in the analgesic effects of morphine. Under the L-L schedule clear patterns of daily rhythmicity were evident in both strains for both nociceptive thresholds and responsiveness to morphine. Finally, under the L-L schedule, the overall responsiveness to pain and the antinociceptive effects of morphine were clearly increased in comparison to the patterns evident in the L-D condition. The administration of naloxone decreased the nociceptive thresholds, thus indicating an involvement of the endogenous opioid peptides. These phenomena are discussed in terms of the different pacemaker mechanisms involved in the expression of various patterns of daily behavioral and neurochemical rhythmicity in these strains, and of the effects of light in controlling the release of endogenous opioids.
1982
Animals, Circadian Rhythm; drug effects, Light, Mice, Mice; Inbred C57BL, Morphine; pharmacology, Muridae, Naloxone; pharmacology, Nociceptors; drug effects, Sensory Thresholds, Species Specificity
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Opiate analgesia: evidence for circadian rhythms in mice / Oliverio, Alberto; C., Castellano; PUGLISI ALLEGRA, Stefano. - In: BRAIN RESEARCH. - ISSN 0006-8993. - STAMPA. - 249:(1982), pp. 265-270.
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