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The influence of diabetes on the effects of morphine on the responses of ventrobasal (VB) thalamic neurons to mechanical noxious stimuli were studied in chloral hydrate-anesthetized rats. Animals were rendered diabetic by an injection of streptozotocin (60 mg/kg, i.v.). Morphine (0.3 mg/kg), administered i.v., produced a reduction in the responsiveness of VB thalamic neurons to noxious stimulation in control rats. This effect was reversed by naloxone. In contrast, the inhibitory effects of morphine on the nociceptive responses of VB thalamic neurons were significantly attenuated in diabetic rats, as compared with the controls. However, there were no significant differences in inhibitory potency between diabetic and control rats when morphine (30 nM) was administered intrathecally. It seems likely that these changes in the sensitivity of VB thalamic neurons to morphine are, to some extent, the source of the reduction in the analgesic efficacy of morphine in diabetic rats.
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