Data di Pubblicazione:
1986
Citazione:
Morphine stimulates prolactin release in normal but not in castrated male rats / P. Limonta, F. Piva, R. Maggi, D. Dondi, M. Motta, L. Martini. - In: JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTION AND FERTILITY. - ISSN 0022-4251. - 76:2(1986 Mar), pp. 745-750. [10.1530/jrf.0.0760745]
Abstract:
Morphine (200 micrograms/rat) was injected intraventricularly (i.v.t.) into normal and into long-term castrated (4 weeks) adult male rats. Animals were killed 10, 20, 40 and 60 min after treatment. In normal animals, the treatment with morphine resulted in a significant increase of serum prolactin concentrations at all time intervals considered. However, the i.v.t. injection of 200 micrograms morphine/rat into castrated rats did not exert any significant effect on prolactin release at any time interval considered. When morphine (200 micrograms/rat) was administered i.v.t. together with the specific opioid receptor blocker naloxone (7.5 or 15 micrograms/rat) the stimulatory effect of morphine on prolactin release was diminished at 10 min, and totally blocked at 20 min. Naloxone given alone did not influence serum prolactin concentrations. The results suggest that the presence of endogenous androgens is essential to permit the stimulatory effect of morphine on prolactin release.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Stimulation, Chemical ; Rats, Inbred Strains ; Rats ; Prolactin ; Morphine ; Animals ; Gonadal Steroid Hormones ; Male ; Orchiectomy ; Naloxone
Elenco autori:
P. Limonta, F. Piva, R. Maggi, D. Dondi, M. Motta, L. Martini
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