%0 Journal Article
%T Ginger Extract Reduces Chronic Morphine-Induced Neuroinflammation and Glial Activation in Nucleus Accumbens of Rats
%A Fatemeh Darvishzadeh
%A Reyhaneh Naderi
%A Saeed Esmaeili-Mahani
%A Shima Torkzadeh-Mahani
%A Sima Nasri
%J Archive of "Addiction & Health".
%D 2019
%R 10.22122/ahj.v11i2.229
%X Chronic usage of morphine elicits the production of inflammatory factors by glial cells and induces neuroinflammation. Ginger (Zingiber Officinale Roscoe) is a medicinal herb that has anti-inflammatory properties. It has been reported that ginger shows anti-addictive effects against chronic usage of morphine; however, its influence on morphine-induced neuroinflammation has not yet been clarified
%K Morphine
%K Ginger
%K p38 Mitogen-activated protein kinases
%K Glial fibrillary acidic protein
%K Nucleus accumbens
%K Rats
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6633069/