Diazepam, injected into the lateral ventricles reduced the antinociceptive effect of morphine in rats, as measured by the tail-flick method. Specific antagonists of diazepam (Ro 15-1788 and Ro 15-3505) had no effect themselves but prevented inhibition by diazepam of morphine antinociception. Furthermore, the action of diazepam was partially reversed by intracerebroventricular injection of bicuculline or caffeine. These findings support the view that the depressant effect of diazepam on morphine antinociception is specific and GABAergic in nature and that some actions of diazepam are also mediated via the purinergic system.
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