Specific features of learning with nociceptive electrical reinforcement in rats of different genetic strains: role of brain neurotransmitter systems.

The interaction between neurotransmitter systems and opioid system in rats of different strains was studied during learning and emotional stress. The interaction between noradrenergic, serotoninergic, and opioid systems in the brain is the main neurochemical mechanism underlying learning reinforced by nociceptive electrical stimulation, which determine individual differences in the rate and type of learning.

HLDF-6 peptide relieves symptoms of abstinence syndrome during experimental opium abuse.

Experiments were performed on rats with opium abuse induced by chronic administration of morphine in increasing doses. We studied the effect of HLDF-6 peptide on symptoms of naloxone abstinence. Repeated administration of HLDF-6 peptide in a dose of 0.

Use of HLDF-6 peptide for correction of disturbances in the endogenous opioid system in offspring of morphine-tolerant animals.

We studied the effect of bioactive peptide HLDF-6 on functional activity of the endogenous antinociceptive system in the offspring of morphine-tolerant animals. Disturbances in this system included changes in the thermonociceptive threshold and enkephalinase A activity in various brain structures. The peptide acted as a potent regulator of the homeostasis in systems responsible for the synthesis and catabolism of endogenous opioids.

The use of naloxone in small doses in complex therapy of postabstinent heroin syndrome: enkephalinase mechanisms.

The use of naloxone hydrochloride (0.2-0.4 mg) in complex therapy of adolescent heroin addicts significantly prolonged the half-life of serum leu-enkephalin, slightly elevated the thresholds of thermal nociceptive reactions, and improved some clinical indices (considerably reduced drug addiction, eliminated affective disorders, etc.