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Intravenous injection of BLF produced dose-dependent decreases in MBP but did not affect HR, while the opioid agonist morphine decreased both MBP and HR. The hypotensive effect of BLF was not altered by naloxone methiodide, which cannot pass through the blood-brain barrier, but was significantly reduced by naloxone hydrochloride, which does pass through the blood-brain barrier. BLF-induced hypotension was completely blocked by the NO synthase inhibitor N<jats:sup>G<\/jats:sup>-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME) but not by the inactive enantiomer of l-NAME, N<jats:sup>G<\/jats:sup>-nitro-d-arginine methyl ester (d-NAME). BLF-induced hypotension was not altered by the muscarinic ACh receptor antagonist atropine or the cyclooxygenase inhibitor diclofenac. BLF produced relaxation in endothelium-intact but not endothelium-denuded aortic rings precontracted with phenylephrine. 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