Morphine inhibits adenylate cyclase (EC 4.6.1.1) activity of neuroblastoma times glioma hybrid cells. The inhibition is stereospecific and is reversed by the antagonist, naloxone. The relative affinities of narcotics for the opiate receptor agree well with their effectiveness as inhibitors of adenylate cyclase. Morphine-sensitive and -insensitive cell lines were found, and the degree of sensiti...

The author has successfully utilized diphosphopyridine nucleotide, in its oxidized form (hereafter abbreviated to DPN) in the prevention, alleviation and removal of the acute and chronic symptoms of drug addiction. The forms of addiction which have responded successfully in a dramatic manner to this coenzyme therapy by total, immediate and permanent discontinuance to-date are as follows: heroin...

objective(s) opioid abuse is still remained a major mental health problem, a criminal legal issue and may cause ischemic brain changes including stroke and brain edema. in the present study, we investigated whether spontaneously withdrawal syndrome might affect stroke outcomes. materials and methods addiction was induced by progressive incremental doses of morphine over 7 days. behavioral signs...

Background: The prevalence of opium addiction among Iranians is considerable. Since endogenous opioid systems may be altered as a consequence of addiction, it is very important to determine the plasma and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of morphine in Iranian patients addicted to opiates who will undergo surgery.Methods: We obtained CSF and plasma samples from 50 volunteers with an established...

Sensitization to the effects of drugs of abuse and associated stimuli contributes to drug craving, compulsive drug use, and relapse in addiction. Repeated opiate exposure produces behavioral sensitization that is hypothesized to result from neural plasticity in specific limbic, striatal and cortical systems. ΔFosB and FosB are members of the Fos family of transcription factors that are implicat...

Novel painkillers are urgently needed. The activation of opioid receptors in peripheral inflamed tissue can reduce pain without central adverse effects such as sedation, apnoea, or addiction. Here, we use an unprecedented strategy and report the synthesis and analgesic efficacy of the standard opioid morphine covalently attached to hyperbranched polyglycerol (PG-M) by a cleavable linker. With i...

Learned associations between environmental cues and morphine use play an important role in the maintenance and/or relapse of opioid addiction. Although previous studies suggest that context-dependent morphine treatment alters glutamatergic transmission and synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus, their role in morphine conditioned place preference (CPP) and reinstatement remains unknown. We inve...

the deleterious effects of morphine sulphate addiction on the central nervous system are welldocumented. previous studies have shown that the passage of morphine from the placenta barrier caninfluence the normal development of embryos, such as those of humans, by specific mechanisms. so, forthe first time, for the purpose of investigating the effects of morphine sulphate on pregnant animals,thr...

Objectives: Opioid addiction is associated with long-term adaptive changes in the brain that involve glial activation. Agmatine is an amine formed by the decarboxylation of l-arginine by the enzyme arginine decarboxylase. It binds to α2-adrenergic and imidazoline receptors, and selectively blocks N-methyl-Daspartate receptors. Agmatine treatment was reported to have various biological actions. ...