Morphine aggravates inflammatory, behavioral, and hippocampal structural deficits in septic rats

Abstract Although pain and sepsis are comorbidities of intensive care units, reported data on whether pain control by opioid analgesics could alter inflammatory and end-organ damage caused by sepsis remain inconclusive. Here, we tested the hypothesis that morphine, the gold standard narcotic analges...

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Main Authors: Evans O. Ayieng’a, Elham A. Afify, Salwa A. Abuiessa, Samar S. Elblehi, Sahar M. El-Gowilly, Mahmoud M. El-Mas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-46427-y