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Malek mohammadi N, Khalilzadeh A, Fazli Tabaei S, Zarindast M. Influence of Morphine- or Apomorphine-Induced Sensitization on Histamine State-Dependent . Advances in Cognitive Sciences 2006; 8 (3) :1-10
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1- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, National Center for Addiction Studies, Tehran, Iran.
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Objective: To survey the interaction of morphine and histamine and the involvement of dopaminergic system on histamine state-dependent learning in step-down passive avoidance test. 
Method: First, with the administration of 3 different doses of morphine for three days and a subsequent five days of no drug treatment, mice were sensitized to morphine. Then, the necessary memory tests were carried out and the effect of histamine on the memories of morphine-sensitized mice and non-sensitized mice was compared. Step-down passive avoidance test was used to assess memory. 
Results: Sensitization with morphine and apomorphine prevented histamine-induced memory impairment and memory was retrieved. However, the co-administration of apomorphine and sulpride as a D2 receptor antagonist decreased the effect of memory retrieval; but the administration of SCH 23390 as a dopamine 1 receptor antagonist had no such effect. Also, the co-administration of naloxone, SCH 23390, and sulpride, plus morphine significantly decreased the effect of memory retrieval. 
Conclusion: Apomorphine activates the histaminergic neural system through stimulation of D2 receptors and the improvement of memory in morphine sensitized mice through the stimulation of opioid and D1 and D2 receptors.
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2006/05/23 | Accepted: 2006/07/23 | Published: 2006/09/23

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