Immunosuppression induced by central action of morphine is not blocked by mifepristone (RU 486)

Authors: Liang-Suo J.; Gomez-Flores R.; Weber R.J.1

Source: Life Sciences, Volume 71, Number 22, 18 October 2002 , pp. 2595-2602(8)

Publisher: Elsevier

Keywords: Opioids; Immune function; Periaqueductal gray; Glucocorticoids; Mifepristone; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Immunosuppression; T cells; NK cells

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(02)02087-8

Affiliations: 1: Section of Medical Sciences, Department of Biomedical and Therapeutic Sciences, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, One Illini Drive, P.O. Box 1649, 61656-1649, Peoria, IL, USA

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