Intrathecal morphine exacerbates paresis with increasing muscle tone of hindlimbs in rats with mild thoracic spinal cord injury but without damage of lumbar α-motoneurons

Adverse effects of morphine on locomotor function after moderate to severe spinal cord injury (SCI) have been reported; however, the effects after mild SCI without damage of lumbar α-motoneurons have not been investigated. We investigated the effects of lumbar intrathecal morphine on locomotor funct...

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Main Authors: Katsuhiro Kawakami, Satoshi Tanaka, Yuki Sugiyama, Noriaki Mochizuki, Mikito Kawamata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9377624/?tool=EBI