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The interaction between morphine and lateral hypothalamic self-stimulation in rats was investigated in three experiments. In nonaddicted animals injections of moderate doses of morphine (8 mg/kg) resulted in a short-lasting increase in the self-stimulation threshold. Injections of low doses (2 mg/kg) did not alter the self-stimulation threshold significantly. In addicted animals self-stimulation thresholds were significantly lower 2 h compared to 22 h after injection of 200 mg/kg morphine hydrochloride (calculated as the salt). A 16 mg/kg injection of morphine in non-addicted rats suppressed self-stimulation. However, when the animals were administered noncontingent priming stimulation and were hand-shaped toward the lever whenever they left it, they continued to lever-press throughout the entire 90-min postinjection testing period. The animals that were neither primed nor shaped (and therefore remained unstimulated), however, showed a significantly better recovery when tested 90 min after the injection; i.e., their response rate was higher than that of the primed and shaped animals, which were engaged in bar-pressing throughout the entire testing procedure.
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