Aos. Elkadi et Si. Sharif, MODIFICATION BY MUSCIMOL OF NALOXONE-PRECIPITATED WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMSIN MORPHINE-DEPENDENT MICE, General pharmacology, 26(7), 1995, pp. 1579-1581
1. In morphine-dependent mice, muscimol, a GABA(A) agonist when given
i.p. 30 min before naloxone, attenuated the naloxone-precipitated with
drawal symptoms of jumping, ''wet dog'' shakes and burrowing, but not
body weight loss. 2. Muscimol produced a hypothermic effect which was
further aggravated by naloxone.