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Sigma antagonists potentiate opioid analgesia in rats
1Cotzias Laboratory of Neuro-Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA.
Neuroscience Letters
|May 5, 1995
Abstract:
In mice, activation of sigma1 receptors antagonizes opioid analgesia. Sigma antagonists potentiate opioid analgesia, implying that the anti-opioid sigma system is tonically active. Co-administration of haloperidol with the mu opioid morphine, the kappa 1 analgesic U50,488H or the kappa 3 agonist naloxone benzoylhydrazone enhances the analgesic activity of all agents. The effect results from sigma receptor blockade since (-)sulpiride, a selective D2 antagonist which does not block sigma receptors, is inactive.