TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of voluntarily ingested buprenorphine on rats subjected to surgically induced global cerebral ischaemia
AU - Kalliokoski, Otto Henrik
AU - Abelson, Klas
AU - Koch, Janne
AU - Boschian, Anna
AU - Thormose, Sarah F
AU - Fauerby, Natasha
AU - Rasmussen, Rune Skovgaard
AU - Johansen, Flemming Fryd
AU - Hau, Jann
PY - 2010/9
Y1 - 2010/9
N2 - The effect of perioperatively administered buprenorphine analgesia on rats subjected to surgically induced global ischaemia was assessed. Rats supplied with buprenorphine, mixed in nut paste for voluntary ingestion, displayed significant reductions in postoperative excretions of faecal corticosterone, in both magnitude and variance. This is indicative of lowered stress levels and less inter-animal metabolic variation. Although corticosterone has been reported to modulate the extent of cerebral damage, histology of coronal sections exhibited no differences in the extent of the ischaemia in buprenorphine-treated and untreated animals. A part from a slightly higher hyperthermia immediately after surgery and typical opiate-associated behaviour, the buprenorphine treatment had no apparent adverse effects on the experimental model. In contrast, the analgesic treatment improved the model by minimizing stress-associated confounding variables in the experimental animals.
AB - The effect of perioperatively administered buprenorphine analgesia on rats subjected to surgically induced global ischaemia was assessed. Rats supplied with buprenorphine, mixed in nut paste for voluntary ingestion, displayed significant reductions in postoperative excretions of faecal corticosterone, in both magnitude and variance. This is indicative of lowered stress levels and less inter-animal metabolic variation. Although corticosterone has been reported to modulate the extent of cerebral damage, histology of coronal sections exhibited no differences in the extent of the ischaemia in buprenorphine-treated and untreated animals. A part from a slightly higher hyperthermia immediately after surgery and typical opiate-associated behaviour, the buprenorphine treatment had no apparent adverse effects on the experimental model. In contrast, the analgesic treatment improved the model by minimizing stress-associated confounding variables in the experimental animals.
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0258-851X
VL - 24
SP - 641
EP - 646
JO - In Vivo
JF - In Vivo
IS - 5
ER -