NeuroscienceJournal of NeuroimmunologyPeer-reviewed
The effect of morphine on rat microglial phagocytic activity: an in vitro study of brain region-, plating density-, sex-, morphine concentration-, and receptor-dependency
David N. King’uyu, Lily Nti-Kyemereh, Jesse L. Bonin…·Ashley M. Kopec
This study examines how morphine affects microglial phagocytosis in rats, finding that TLR4 signaling, not morphine receptors, mediates this effect in striatal microglia.
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