Enhancing KCC2 function counteracts morphine-induced hyperalgesia

Abstract Morphine-induced hyperalgesia (MIH) is a severe adverse effect accompanying repeated morphine treatment, causing a paradoxical decrease in nociceptive threshold. Previous reports associated MIH with a decreased expression of the Cl− extruder KCC2 in the superficial dorsal horn (SDH) of the...

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Main Authors: Francesco Ferrini, Louis-Etienne Lorenzo, Antoine G. Godin, Miorie Le Quang, Yves De Koninck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04209-3