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. 2019 Apr;71(2):225–266. doi: 10.1124/pr.118.017210

TABLE 5.

Preclinical antinociception drug profile for morphine: a positive control

Pain Behavior (Dependent Variable)a
Unconditioned Behavior US→UR
Classical Conditioning CS+US; CS→UR
Operant Conditioning SD→R→SC
Pain Stimulus (Independent Variable) PS→UR PS→[US→UR] CS+PS; CS→UR PS→[CS+US; CS→UR] PS→R→SC SD→R→PS PS→[SD→R→SC]
Noxious Thermal 1–4 10 11, 12
Mechanical 2, 3 13
Chemical 3–5 6–9 Table 3 4, 14, 15
Inflammation + Thermal 16 24–26
+ Mechanical 16–18 Table 3 27
Spontaneous 19, 20 6, 17, 20–23 Table 3 Table 4 21, 28, 29
Neuropathy + Thermal 30, 31
+ Mechanical 30–32 Table 3 13
Spontaneous 33 Table 4 34

Citations are shown to illustrate effects produced by systemic administration of morphine in preclinical procedures using the designated pain stimulus to produce the designated pain behavior. For this and all other drug profile tables, fill color indicates predominant drug effects as follows: green, drug usually effective; blue, drug effects equivocal; and red, drug usually ineffective. No fill indicates drug not tested. Citations are not intended to be exhaustive, but rather to illustrate typical outcomes.