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BK channels in microglia are required for morphine-induced hyperalgesia.
Nature communications - 31 May 2016
Hayashi Yoshinori, Morinaga Saori, Zhang Jing, Satoh Yasushi, Meredith Andrea L, Nakata Takahiro, Wu Zhou, Kohsaka Shinichi, Inoue Kazuhide, Nakanishi Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
Although morphine is a gold standard medication, long-term opioid use is associated with serious side effects, such as morphine-induced hyperalgesia (MIH) and anti-nociceptive tolerance. Microglia-to-neuron signalling is critically involved in pain hypersensitivity. However, molecules that control microglial cellular state under chronic morphine treatment remain unknown. Here we show that the microglia-specific...
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