The effect of morphine infused into 4 hypothalamic locations and the periaqueductal gray (PAG) on cold-stimulated thyrotropin (TSH) secretion was studied in male rats. Morphine decreased TSH cold-response when infused into the 3rd ventricle (1-20 micrograms/rat) or the median eminence (5 and 10 micrograms/rat). Infusions bilaterally into the anterior hypothalamus (1-10 micrograms/side) or PAG (1 and 10 micrograms/rat) were ineffective, while those given into the posterior hypothalamus (1 and 5 micrograms/side, but not 10 micrograms/side) significantly enhanced TSH cold-response. Naloxone pretreatment (2 or 5 mg/kg, s.c.) reversed the decreasing effect of morphine in the 3rd ventricle (1 microgram/rat) and the increasing effect of morphine in the posterior hypothalamus (1 microgram/side). We conclude that morphine has a dual hypothalamic action on cold-stimulated TSH secretion: an inhibition periventricularly, and a stimulation in the posterior hypothalamus.
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