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mu-Opioid receptor knockout mice do not self-administer alcohol

A J Roberts et al. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2000 Jun.

Abstract

Opioid peptides long have been hypothesized to play a role in ethanol reinforcement. Neuropharmacological studies have shown that opioid receptor antagonists decrease ethanol self-administration in rodents and prevent relapse in humans. However, the exact mechanism for such powerful effects has remained elusive. The availability of mu-opioid receptor knockout mice has made possible the direct examination of the role of the mu-opioid receptor in mediating ethanol self-administration. In the present experiments, both nosepoke and lever operant ethanol self-administration and several tests of two bottle-choice ethanol drinking were studied in these genetically engineered mice. In no case did knockout mice show evidence of ethanol self-administration, and, in fact, these mice showed evidence of an aversion to ethanol under several experimental conditions. These data provide new evidence for a critical role for mu-opioid receptors in ethanol self-administration assessed with a variety of behavioral paradigms and new insights into the neuropharmacological basis for ethanol reinforcement.

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