Morphine increases glutamate synaptic strength in neurons of the CeA. A,
representative EPSCs evoked by an electrical stimulus at three intensities
(maximum, one third maximum, and two thirds maximum) in a CeA neuron from a
saline-treated control rat (control group) and from a morphine-treated rat
with CPP behavior (morphine group). B, group data of the evoked EPSCs in
neurons of the control group (n = 14) and of the morphine group
(n = 12). *, p < 0.05; **, p < 0.01.