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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Ethnopharmacol. 2009 Aug 22;126(2):280–286. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.08.026

Table 1.

Behavioral effects of the intraperitoneal administration of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC), amphetamine, and morphine in the mouse tetrad assay

Treatment Locomotor Catalepsy Rectal Temperature Change (°C) Tail-Flick Latency (%MPE) Hotplate Latency (%MPE)
Δ9-THC (mg/kg)
0 1329 ± 175.9 1.44 ± 0.28 − 0.73 ± 0.12 1.50 ± 1.85 6.37 ± 2.51
10 190.9 ± 33.8*** 14.40 ± 4.16 − 2.05 ± 0.25 6.52 ± 2.00 29.04 ± 5.37*
20 260.4 ± 41.4*** 47.88 ± 20.04*** −3.87 ± 0.45*** 28.24 ± 11.12* 36.33 ± 6.72***
40 194.0 ± 49.2*** 37.70 ± 14.64*** −3.48 ± 0.28*** 51.96 ± 13.22*** 38.18 ± 4.05***
Amphetamine (mg/kg)
0 1676 ± 238.6 1.88 ±0.58 −0.39 ±0.12 5.92 ± 2.45 11.12 ± 1.17
5 5337 ± 713.7 *** 1.63 ± 0.50 1.11 ± 0.15*** 65.63 ±12.60** 19.29 ± 2.70*
20 1682 ± 423.3 2.63 ±0.65 1.61 ± 0.25*** 78.63 ± 15.65*** 27.84 ±2.66***
Morphine (mg/kg)
0 1676 ± 238.6 1.88 ± 0.58 −0.39 ± 0.12 5.92 ± 2.45 11.12 ± 1.17
5 688.7 ± 136.9*** 2.25 ±0.86 −0.71 ±0.18 60.24 ± 19.00** 16.01 ± 2.97
10 274.3 ± 44.68*** 2.17 ± 0.98 −0.73 ± 0.13 89.54 ±10.46*** 30.86 ± 2.92*
20 271.4 ±39.71*** 1.63 ±0.42 −2.83 ±0.36*** 100.00 ± 0.00*** 69.66 ± 8.06***
*

p<0.05,

**

p<0.01,

***

p<0.001 versus the vehicle, Dunnett’s post hoc test