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dc.contributor.authorFarid, W.
dc.contributor.authorLawrence, A.
dc.contributor.authorKrstew, E.
dc.contributor.authorTait, Robert
dc.contributor.authorHulse, G.
dc.contributor.authorDunlop, S.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:46:20Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:46:20Z
dc.date.created2014-11-19T01:13:20Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationFarid, W. and Lawrence, A. and Krstew, E. and Tait, R. and Hulse, G. and Dunlop, S. 2012. Maternally Administered Sustained-Release Naltrexone in Rats Affects Offspring Neurochemistry and Behaviour in Adulthood. PLoS ONE. 7 (12). e52812.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34891
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0052812
dc.description.abstract

Naltrexone is not recommended during pregnancy. However, sustained-release naltrexone implant use in humans has resulted in cases of inadvertent foetal exposure. Here, we used clinically relevant dosing to examine the effects of maternally administered sustained-release naltrexone on the rat brain by examining offspring at birth and in adulthood. Maternal treatment (naltrexone or placebo implant) started before conception and ceased during gestation, birth or weaning. Morphometry was assessed in offspring at birth and adulthood. Adult offspring were evaluated for differences in locomotor behaviour (basal and morphine-induced, 10 mg/kg, s.c.) and opioid neurochemistry, propensity to self-administer morphine and cue-induced drug-seeking after abstinence. Blood analysis confirmed offspring exposure to naltrexone during gestation, birth and weaning. Naltrexone exposure increased litter size and reduced offspring birth-weight but did not alter brain morphometry. Compared to placebo, basal motor activity of naltrexone-exposed adult offspring was lower, yet they showed enhanced development of psychomotor sensitization to morphine. Developmental naltrexone exposure was associated with resistance to morphine-induced down-regulation of striatal preproenkephalin mRNA expression in adulthood. Adult offspring also exhibited greater operant responding for morphine and, in addition, cue-induced drug-seeking was enhanced. Collectively, these data show pronounced effects of developmental naltrexone exposure, some of which persist into adulthood, highlighting the need for follow up of humans that were exposed to naltrexone in utero.

dc.publisherPublic Library of Science
dc.titleMaternally Administered Sustained-Release Naltrexone in Rats Affects Offspring Neurochemistry and Behaviour in Adulthood
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume7
dcterms.source.number12
dcterms.source.issn1932-6203
dcterms.source.titlePLoS ONE
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