Table 2.
Mifepristone (50 mg·kg−1) attenuates the somatic expression of naloxone-precipitated morphine withdrawal
| Two-way anova | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic treatment (morphine vs. placebo) | Pretreatment (mifepristone vs. vehicle) | Interaction | ||||
| Signs | F(1, 22) | P | F(1, 22) | P | F(1, 22) | P |
| Wet-dog shakes | 26.26 | ≤0.0001 | 56.83 | ≤0.0001 | 22.07 | ≤0.0001 |
| Tremor | 4.72 | ≤0.05 | 26.17 | ≤0.0001 | 4.72 | ≤0.05 |
| Sniffing | 13.83 | ≤0.01 | 13.83 | ≤0.01 | 13.83 | ≤0.01 |
| Teeth chattering | 4.34 | ≤0.05 | 41.28 | ≤0.0001 | 4.34 | ≤0.05 |
| Ptosis | 15.79 | ≤0.0006 | 227.96 | ≤0.0001 | 15.79 | ≤0.0006 |
| Piloerection | 197.74 | ≤0.0001 | 236.65 | ≤0.0001 | 197.74 | ≤0.0001 |
| Rinorrhoea | 2.00 | n.s. | 16.76 | ≤0.0005 | 2.00 | n.s. |
| Chromodacryorrhoea | 7.60 | ≤0.05 | 27.53 | ≤0.0001 | 7.60 | ≤0.05 |
| Weight loss | 26.47 | ≤0.0001 | 19.64 | ≤0.0002 | 8.83 | ≤0.0070 |
| Global score | 26.06 | ≤0.0001 | 96.82 | ≤0.0001 | 26.06 | ≤0.0001 |
Two-way anova with chronic treatment (morphine vs. placebo) and pretreatment before naloxone (mifepristone 50 mg·kg−1 vs. vehicle) as between-subject factors. When significant interactions in pretreatment or between these two factors were observed, subsequent post hoc test was applied.