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2. Thyroid hormone and thyromimetics inhibit myelin and axonal degeneration and oligodendrocyte loss in EAE
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Chaudhary, P, primary, Marracci, GH, additional, Calkins, E, additional, Pocius, E, additional, Bensen, AL, additional, Scanlan, TS, additional, Emery, B, additional, and Bourdette, DN, additional
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- 2020
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3. Познавательные мотивы специалистов спортивной медицины во время обучения в центре развития компетенций
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Malinauskas, R.K., Pocius, E., and ЦНС «Интерактив плюс»
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training ,инновационные технологии ,познавательные мотивы ,cognitive motives ,oбучение ,мотивы развития личности ,innovative technologies ,motives of personality development - Abstract
Цель представленного в статье исследования состоит в том, чтобы сравнить познавательные мотивы и мотивы развития личности специалистов спортивной медицины при обучении с применением и без применения инновационных технологий в центре развития компетенций. Результаты показали, что познавательные мотивы специалистов спортивной медицины при обучении с применением инновационных технологий в центре развития компетенций выше по сравнению с мотивами специалистов спортивной медицины при обучении без применения инновационных технологий., The purpose of the study is to compare the cognitive motives and the motives of personality development among sports medicine specialists with and without using innovative technologies at the center of competence development. The results showed that the cognitive motives among sports medicine specialists during training with the use of innovative technologies in the center of competence development are higher compared to the motives among sports medicine specialists during training without the use of innovative technologies.
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- 2019
4. THE EFFECT OF CRYSTALLIZING ADMIXTURE ON THE PROPERTIES AND SHRINKAGE OF CONCRETE
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Dzigita Nagrockiene, Ina Pundiene, Cepulis Audrius, and Pocius Edvinas
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crystallizing admixture ,concrete ,shrinkage ,compressive strength ,porosity ,Clay industries. Ceramics. Glass ,TP785-869 - Abstract
This study investigates the effect of the amount (from 0.6 % to 1.4 %) of crystallizing admixture (CA) on the shrinkage, density, porosity and mechanical properties of concrete specimens. A higher content of CA increased the total porosity of concrete from 10.6 % to 11.15 %. In contrast to the specimens containing 0.8- 1.0% of CA, the lowest amount of closed pores and highest total porosity was observed in the specimens containing 1.2 %-1.4 % of the CA. Compared to the control specimen, concrete specimens containing 1.4 % of CA showed a 5.4 % decrease in flexural strength and a 13.6 % decrease in compressive strength after 28 days of curing. The specimens containing 0.9 %-1.0 % of CA demonstrated the lowest shrinkage in the period of 190 days. The shrinkage of these specimens reduced 4.8 %-4.9 % compared to the control specimen. Higher content of CA had an opposite effect on the shrinkage, a short-term expansion of specimens was observed after 28-56 days. Taking into account all the properties of the concrete specimen, the optimum amount of CA, which could prevent cracks in the structures is 1.0% of the cement mass.
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- 2021
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5. Development of Mental Toughness among Basketball Sports School Students.
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Pocius E and Malinauskas R
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The development of mental toughness in student athletes within sports schools is crucial for identifying strengths and improving weaknesses to optimize performance. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a mental toughness development program for basketball sports school students. Sixty-two male student athletes, aged 15.83 ± 0.37 years, participated, with 30 in the experimental group and 32 in the control group. They completed the Mental Toughness Questionnaire 48 (MTQ48) before and after the 6-week intervention program. Pearson's correlations were calculated for study variables. A repeated measures MANOVA followed by one-way ANOVA analyzed differences in mental toughness skills between groups and over time. Results showed a significant effect of the intervention program on mental toughness skills, with small and medium effect sizes. Post-program, the experimental group exhibited higher levels of various skills compared to controls, including skills related to challenge, commitment, emotional control, life control, overall control, self-confidence in interpersonal interactions, self-confidence in one's abilities, overall self-confidence, and total MTQ48. These findings underscore the utility of interventions for enhancing mental toughness among basketball sports school students, emphasizing the importance of tailored approaches in such intervention programs., Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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- 2024
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6. Determining Positive Behavioral Skills in Different Age Groups of Young Basketball Players during the Pandemic.
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Pocius E and Malinauskas R
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Assessing psychological indicators such as positive behavioral skills in the context of adolescent personality development during the pandemic era is highly relevant: the growing problem of peer disrespect among adolescents who participate in sports has recently become an undeniable scientific issue. This study aimed to analyze positive behavioral skills in the cadet (U16) and junior (U18) age groups of young basketball players during the COVID-19 pandemic. The participants were 378 male athletes (age 16.36 ± 1.15 years). Results revealed that U18 athletes are more capable of taking responsibility, positively evaluating themselves, behaving pro-socially with teammates, cooperating, demonstrating assertiveness, demonstrating self-control, and managing emotions than U16 adolescent athletes. When comparing the effect sizes in the current study during the pandemic with similar studies by other authors, the pandemic may have had a larger negative effect on some positive behavioral skills (ability to control emotions, social responsibility skills, cooperation skills) in U16 athletes than in U18 athletes, as the effect sizes were small before the pandemic and moderate during the pandemic in the current study. This study's results may be useful for developing and implementing a young athletes' education program based on a comprehensive model of positive behavioral skills that include the indicators analyzed.
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- 2023
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7. The Influence of Concrete Sludge from Residual Concrete on Fresh and Hardened Cement Paste Properties.
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Pocius E, Nagrockienė D, and Pundienė I
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In the concrete manufacturing industry, a large amount of waste is generated. Such waste can be utilised in the production of more sustainable products with a low carbon footprint. In this study, concrete sludge, a difficult-to-utilise waste that is obtained from residual concrete by washing a concrete truck, was investigated. During washing, aggregates from the concrete mixture are separated, and the remaining insoluble fine particles combine with water to form concrete sludge. Dried and wet concrete sludge were used in the tests. Samples with different compositions were produced with dried and wet concrete sludge, cement, superplasticiser, and tap water. Seven cement pastes with different compositions were made by partially replacing cement with dried concrete sludge (0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, and 30%). In compositions with wet concrete sludge, cement was replaced by the same amounts as in the case of dried concrete sludge. The slump, setting time, and their changes with different amounts of concrete sludge were determined for fresh cement pastes. It was found that with different forms of concrete sludge, the technological properties of the mixtures change, and the setting time decreases. The density and compressive and flexural strength results were confirmed by SEM and XRD tests. The research results show that dry concrete sludge causes the deterioration of the mechanical properties of cement stone, while wet concrete sludge improves the mechanical properties of cement stone. However, it was found that replacing 5% cement with dry concrete sludge does not significantly affect the properties of hardened cement stone. In mixes with wet concrete sludge, the recommended amount of replaced cement is 10%, because the technological properties of the mixture are strongly influenced by larger amounts.
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- 2023
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8. TREM2 is thyroid hormone regulated making the TREM2 pathway druggable with ligands for thyroid hormone receptor.
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Ferrara SJ, Chaudhary P, DeBell MJ, Marracci G, Miller H, Calkins E, Pocius E, Napier BA, Emery B, Bourdette D, and Scanlan TS
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- Acetates chemical synthesis, Animals, Binding Sites, Brain drug effects, Brain immunology, Brain pathology, Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental genetics, Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental immunology, Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental pathology, Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, Immunity, Innate, Macrophages drug effects, Macrophages immunology, Macrophages pathology, Membrane Glycoproteins antagonists & inhibitors, Membrane Glycoproteins immunology, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Microglia immunology, Microglia pathology, Models, Molecular, Phenols chemical synthesis, Phenoxyacetates pharmacology, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Protein Binding, Protein Conformation, alpha-Helical, Protein Conformation, beta-Strand, Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs, RNA, Messenger antagonists & inhibitors, RNA, Messenger genetics, RNA, Messenger immunology, Receptors, Immunologic antagonists & inhibitors, Receptors, Immunologic immunology, Response Elements, Retinoid X Receptors chemistry, Retinoid X Receptors metabolism, Signal Transduction, Acetates pharmacology, Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental drug therapy, Membrane Glycoproteins genetics, Microglia drug effects, Phenols pharmacology, Receptors, Immunologic genetics, Retinoid X Receptors genetics, Thyroid Hormones pharmacology
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Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-2 (TREM2) is a cell surface receptor on macrophages and microglia that senses and responds to disease-associated signals to regulate the phenotype of these innate immune cells. The TREM2 signaling pathway has been implicated in a variety of diseases ranging from neurodegeneration in the central nervous system to metabolic disease in the periphery. Here, we report that TREM2 is a thyroid hormone-regulated gene and its expression in macrophages and microglia is stimulated by thyroid hormone and synthetic thyroid hormone agonists (thyromimetics). Our findings report the endocrine regulation of TREM2 by thyroid hormone, and provide a unique opportunity to drug the TREM2 signaling pathway with orally active small-molecule therapeutic agents., Competing Interests: Declaration of interests The authors declare the following competing financial interest(s): S.J.F. and T.S.S. are inventors of licensed patent applications claiming central nervous system-penetrating prodrugs of nuclear receptor modulators and their uses, including drugs acting on the thyroid hormone receptors. T.S.S., D.B., and B.E. are co-founders of Autobahn Therapeutics, and T.S.S. is a Senior Advisor to Autobahn Therapeutics., (Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2022
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9. TREM2 is thyroid hormone regulated making the TREM2 pathway druggable with ligands for thyroid hormone receptor.
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Ferrara SJ, Chaudhary P, DeBell MJ, Marracci G, Miller H, Calkins E, Pocius E, Napier BA, Emery B, Bourdette D, and Scanlan TS
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Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-2 (TREM2) is a cell surface receptor on macrophages and microglia that senses and responds to disease associated signals to regulate the phenotype of these innate immune cells. The TREM2 signaling pathway has been implicated in a variety of diseases ranging from neurodegeneration in the central nervous system to metabolic disease in the periphery. We report here that TREM2 is a thyroid hormone regulated gene and its expression in macrophages and microglia is stimulated by thyroid hormone. Both endogenous thyroid hormone and sobetirome, a synthetic thyroid hormone agonist drug, suppress pro-inflammatory cytokine production from myeloid cells including macrophages that have been treated with the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein which produces a strong, pro-inflammatory phenotype. Thyroid hormone agonism was also found to induce phagocytic behavior in microglia, a phenotype consistent with activation of the TREM2 pathway. The thyroid hormone antagonist NH-3 blocks the anti-inflammatory effects of thyroid hormone agonists and suppresses microglia phagocytosis. Finally, in a murine experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) multiple sclerosis model, treatment with Sob-AM2, a CNS-penetrating sobetirome prodrug, results in increased Trem2 expression in disease lesion resident myeloid cells which correlates with therapeutic benefit in the EAE clinical score and reduced damage to myelin. Our findings represent the first report of endocrine regulation of TREM2 and provide a unique opportunity to drug the TREM2 signaling pathway with orally active small molecule therapeutic agents.
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- 2021
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10. A microwave method for plastic embedding of nervous tissue for light and electron microscopy.
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Calkins E, Pocius E, Marracci G, and Chaudhary P
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Background: Fast, effective, and rapid processing of central nervous system (CNS) tissue with good preservation of myelin, especially in tissue from diseased mice, is important to many laboratories studying neurosciences., New Method: In this paper, we describe a new method to process and embed CNS tissue from mice. Spinal cords and optic nerves from naive C57BL/6 mice were used to standardize the microwave protocol following perfusion with fixative. The CNS tissue was processed and embedded using the microwave embedding protocol., Results: We observed that the tissue is well preserved and good quality light and electron microscope images were obtained after using the microwave embedding protocol., Comparison With Existing Methods: Traditional way of embedding CNS tissue in resin is challenging and time consuming. The microwave technology offers an efficient way to quickly embed CNS tissue while preserving morphology and retaining the integrity of the myelin., Conclusions: This new method is fast, reliable and an effective way to embed CNS tissue in resin., (© 2019 The Authors.)
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- 2019
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11. Effects of lipoic acid on primary murine microglial cells.
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Chaudhary P, Marracci G, Pocius E, Galipeau D, Morris B, and Bourdette D
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- Animals, Cell Movement drug effects, Cells, Cultured, Female, Interferon-gamma toxicity, Lipopolysaccharides toxicity, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Microglia drug effects, Phagocytosis drug effects, Antioxidants pharmacology, Cell Movement physiology, Microglia physiology, Phagocytosis physiology, Thioctic Acid pharmacology
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The anti-oxidant lipoic acid (LA) is beneficial in murine models of multiple sclerosis (MS) and has recently been shown to slow brain atrophy in secondary progressive MS. The mechanism of these effects by LA is incompletely understood but may involve effects on microglia. The objective of this study is to understand how LA affects microglial cells. We cultured primary microglial cells from C57BL/6 adult mice brains and stimulated the cells with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and interferon gamma (IFN-γ) in the presence or absence of LA. We demonstrate the inhibition of phagocytosis, rearrangement of actin, and formation of membrane blebs in stimulated microglia in the presence of LA. These experiments suggest that LA causes changes in microglial actin, which may lead to alterations in phagocytosis, mobility, and migration., (Copyright © 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2019
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12. Myelin repair stimulated by CNS-selective thyroid hormone action.
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Hartley MD, Banerji T, Tagge IJ, Kirkemo LL, Chaudhary P, Calkins E, Galipeau D, Shokat MD, DeBell MJ, Van Leuven S, Miller H, Marracci G, Pocius E, Banerji T, Ferrara SJ, Meinig JM, Emery B, Bourdette D, and Scanlan TS
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- Acetates therapeutic use, Animals, Axons drug effects, Axons pathology, Cell Differentiation drug effects, Disease Models, Animal, Female, Gene Knockdown Techniques, Gliotoxin toxicity, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Mice, Mice, Transgenic, Multiple Sclerosis etiology, Multiple Sclerosis pathology, Myelin Sheath pathology, Oligodendroglia drug effects, Oligodendroglia pathology, Phenols therapeutic use, Prodrugs pharmacology, Prodrugs therapeutic use, Remyelination drug effects, Remyelination genetics, Thyroid Hormones administration & dosage, Transcription Factors genetics, White Matter cytology, White Matter diagnostic imaging, White Matter pathology, Acetates pharmacology, Multiple Sclerosis drug therapy, Myelin Sheath drug effects, Phenols pharmacology, Thyroid Hormones agonists, White Matter drug effects
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Oligodendrocyte processes wrap axons to form neuroprotective myelin sheaths, and damage to myelin in disorders, such as multiple sclerosis (MS), leads to neurodegeneration and disability. There are currently no approved treatments for MS that stimulate myelin repair. During development, thyroid hormone (TH) promotes myelination through enhancing oligodendrocyte differentiation; however, TH itself is unsuitable as a remyelination therapy due to adverse systemic effects. This problem is overcome with selective TH agonists, sobetirome and a CNS-selective prodrug of sobetirome called Sob-AM2. We show here that TH and sobetirome stimulated remyelination in standard gliotoxin models of demyelination. We then utilized a genetic mouse model of demyelination and remyelination, in which we employed motor function tests, histology, and MRI to demonstrate that chronic treatment with sobetirome or Sob-AM2 leads to significant improvement in both clinical signs and remyelination. In contrast, chronic treatment with TH in this model inhibited the endogenous myelin repair and exacerbated disease. These results support the clinical investigation of selective CNS-penetrating TH agonists, but not TH, for myelin repair.
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- 2019
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13. Lipoic acid reduces inflammation in a mouse focal cortical experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis model.
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Chaudhary P, Marracci G, Galipeau D, Pocius E, Morris B, and Bourdette D
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- Animals, CD11b Antigen metabolism, Cerebral Cortex drug effects, Cytokines metabolism, Cytokines pharmacology, Disease Models, Animal, Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental chemically induced, Female, Galectin 3 metabolism, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Myelin-Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein immunology, Peptide Fragments immunology, Statistics, Nonparametric, Time Factors, Antioxidants therapeutic use, Cerebral Cortex pathology, Encephalitis drug therapy, Encephalitis etiology, Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental complications, Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental pathology, Thioctic Acid therapeutic use
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Cortical lesions are a crucial part of MS pathology and it is critical to determine that new MS therapies have the ability to alter cortical inflammatory lesions given the differences between white and gray matter lesions. We tested lipoic acid (LA) in a mouse focal cortical EAE model. Brain sections were stained with antibodies against CD4, CD11b and galectin-3. Compared with vehicle, treatment with LA significantly decreased CD4+ and galectin-3+ immune cells in the brain. LA treated mice had fewer galectin-3+ cells with no projections indicating decrease in the number of infiltrating monocytes. LA significantly reduces inflammation in a focal cortical model of MS., (Copyright © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2015
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14. The periaqueductal gray contributes to bidirectional enhancement of antinociception between morphine and cannabinoids.
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Wilson-Poe AR, Pocius E, Herschbach M, and Morgan MM
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- Analgesics administration & dosage, Animals, Benzoxazines administration & dosage, Benzoxazines pharmacology, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Dronabinol administration & dosage, Drug Synergism, Injections, Subcutaneous, Male, Medulla Oblongata drug effects, Microinjections, Morphine administration & dosage, Morpholines administration & dosage, Morpholines pharmacology, Naphthalenes administration & dosage, Naphthalenes pharmacology, Pain Measurement drug effects, Rats, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Analgesics pharmacology, Dronabinol analogs & derivatives, Dronabinol pharmacology, Morphine pharmacology, Periaqueductal Gray drug effects, Periaqueductal Gray physiology
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Co-administration of opioids and cannabinoids can enhance pain relief even when administered on different days. Repeated systemic administration of morphine has been shown to enhance the antinociceptive effect of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) administered 12h later, and repeated microinjection of the cannabinoid receptor agonist HU-210 into the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray (PAG) has been shown to enhance the antinociceptive effect of morphine administered 1 day later. The primary objective of the present study was to test the hypothesis that this cannabinoid/opioid interaction is bidirectional. Experiment 1 showed that microinjection of morphine into the ventrolateral PAG of male Sprague-Dawley rats twice daily for 2 days enhanced the antinociceptive effect of HU-210 measured 1 day later. In Experiment 2, twice daily systemic injections of THC enhanced the antinociceptive effect of morphine administered 1 day later. These results complement the previously mentioned studies by showing that morphine and cannabinoid interactions are bidirectional and that the ventrolateral PAG plays an important role in this effect. In contrast to the PAG, repeated administration of HU-210 or the cannabinoid receptor agonist, WIN 55,212-2, into the RVM had a neurotoxic effect. Rats became ill following repeated cannabinoid administration whether given alone or with morphine. Presumably, this neurotoxic effect was caused by the high cannabinoid concentration following RVM microinjection because rats did not become ill following repeated systemic THC administration. These findings indicate that alternating opioid and cannabinoid treatment could produce a longer lasting and more potent analgesia than either compound given alone., (Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2013
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