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. 1985 Nov;23(5):727-30.
doi: 10.1016/0091-3057(85)90062-0.

Magnetic fields inhibit opioid-induced feeding in the slug, Limax maximus

M Kavaliers, K P Ossenkopp, A Mathers

Magnetic fields inhibit opioid-induced feeding in the slug, Limax maximus

M Kavaliers et al. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 1985 Nov.

Abstract

Exposure to rotating and elevated magnetic fields significantly reduced over three hours the ingestive effects of the opiate agonist, morphine (10 mg/kg), in free-feeding slugs, Limax maximus. Magnetic field exposure also inhibited the opioid-mediated increased ingestive responses of slugs that had been food-deprived for 24 hr. These results suggest that magnetic stimuli inhibit opiate-mediated behavioral and physiological functions in invertebrates in a similar manner as observed in vertebrates.

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