The peptidase-resistant derivative of neurotensin, [D-Trp11]neurotensin, has been continuously infused intracerebroventricularly (75 ng/h) with an osmotic minipump for 10 days. On several days during this infusion the locomotor activity, the body temperature, the food intake, the body weight, and the nociceptive response in the plantar test were measured. A nonsignificant decrease of body temperature and a sustained analgesic effect were observed at each time considered. The response to a test dose of [D-Trp11]neurotensin (75 ng per rat) injected intracerebroventricularly at the 10th day of the chronic infusion revealed a complete tolerance to its hypothermic effect. Thus, it appears that the analgesic effect of [D-Trp11]neurotensin is independent of a hypothermic or an incapacitating effect of the peptide and does not give rise to tolerance after a 10-day continuous administration, in contrast to the hypothermic effect.
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