Piperoxan hydrochloride

The mouse neonates (P0-P3) are ether-anesthetized and decerebrated; the brain stems and the cervical spinal cords are dissected out and placed ventral sides up in a 2 mL chamber superfused with artificial cerebrospinal fluid (ACSF) at 27±0.25°C (mean±SD), renewed at a rate of 2 mL/min. The ACSF [containing (in mM) 129 NaCl, 3.35 KCl, 1.26 CaCl₂, 1.15 MgCl₂, 21 NaHCO₃, 0.58 NaH₂PO₄, and 30 glucose] is oxygenated and equilibrated (pH 7.4 at 27°C) by bubbling carbogene (95% O₂-5% CO₂). In the pharmacological experiments, this is replaced by another ACSF in which bioreactive substances are dissolved: noradrenaline at 25 μM (NA-ACSF) or α2 adrenoceptor antagonists, either Piperoxane at 50 μM (PIP-ACSF) or yohimbine at 50 μM (YO-ACSF). In some of the experiments, a patch-clamp microelectrode (1 μm diameter tip) is lowered within the ventral pons into the A5 nucleus where a solution of either ACSF or NA (1 mM) is pressure-ejected. The ejected volume is estimated 20 nL for a pressure pulse lasting 2 s^[1].

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Mice^[2]
Male Balb-C mice are used, weighing between 20 and 25 g. In mice pretreated with the α-adrenoceptor antagonist Piperoxan, or with naloxone, both at a dose of 3×10^-5 mol /kg s.c. given 15 min before the acetic acid, the antinociceptive action of (-)-isoprenaline is only slightly antagonized. Dose-ratios of 1.45 and 1.7, are produced by these two antagonists.

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