title: Prenatal morphine exposure decreases susceptibility of adult male rat offspring to bicuculline seizures.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of prenatal exposure to morphine (5-10 mg/kg twice daily on days 11-18 of gestation) on bicuculline seizure susceptibility and to examine the interaction of prenatal morphine exposure and hormonal background in adult male rats. The data demonstrate that prenatal morphine exposure does not affect clonic but decreases susceptibility to tonic-clonic bicuculline seizures in intact male rats. Thus, the present data support our previous work demonstrating alterations in seizure susceptibility of adult morphine-exposed animals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Schindler
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Slamberová
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vathy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001640:Bicuculline / Q000494:pharmacology; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004198:Disease Susceptibility / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D018756:GABA Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009020:Morphine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009919:Orchiectomy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D012640:Seizures / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D012737:Sex Factors; D013739:Testosterone / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018756:GABA Antagonists; D013739:Testosterone; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D009020:Morphine; D001640:Bicuculline