Streptozotocin-induced diabetes produces a naltrexone-reversible lowering of self-stimulation threshold.

Abstract:

:Stimulation frequency thresholds for lateral hypothalamic self-stimulation were monitored for 3 weeks following the induction of diabetes with streptozotocin (STZ). In each of the 3 weeks following STZ treatment, thresholds of diabetic rats were significantly lower than their pre-STZ baseline while thresholds of control animals did not change. Naltrexone (5.0 mg/kg, s.c.) increased thresholds of diabetic rats while having no effect on thresholds of control rats. These results suggest that STZ-induced diabetes is associated with an opioid-mediated lowering of self-stimulation threshold. The possible relationship between this finding and similar findings obtained in food-restricted animals is discussed.

journal_name

Brain Res

journal_title

Brain research

authors

Carr KD

doi

10.1016/0006-8993(94)91973-9

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1994-11-21 00:00:00

pages

211-4

issue

1-2

eissn

0006-8993

issn

1872-6240

pii

0006-8993(94)91973-9

journal_volume

664

pub_type

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