behavior/neurological
• during the acute phase of morphine-induced hyperlocomotion, there is a reduced in distance traveled by mice compared to wild-type mice at 2.5 mg/kg and 5 mg/kg but not 10 mg/kg of morphine
• however, morphine antinociceptive tolerance and morphine withdrawal effects on mice are unaltered
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• conditioned place preference is reduced at 3 mg/kg morphine
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• mice treated with 10mg/kg morphine and subjected to a hotplate test exhibit decreased analgesic response to morphine relative to wild-type mice during the first 40 minutes
• however, the duration of morphine's analgesic effect was unchanged (about 90 minutes) and there is no differences in morpholino maximal possible effect in a tail-flick test are observed
• the maximal possible effect of 10 mg/kg morphine is decreased relative to wild-type but unchanged at 20 mg/kg
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