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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

The role of mu opioid receptors on excitatory and inhibitory neurons in the rostral ventromedial medulla in neuropathic pain.

Jamie C Moffa, Amy Gao, Vani Kalyanaraman, Monique Heitmeier, Bryan Copits

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Jamie C MoffaWashU Medicine Pain Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.ORCID 0000-0002-7521-7218
Amy GaoWashU Medicine Pain Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.
Vani KalyanaramanWashU Medicine Pain Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.
Monique HeitmeierWashU Medicine Pain Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.
Bryan CopitsWashU Medicine Pain Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.ORCID 0000-0003-3732-890X

Funding

Neural Mechanisms Underlying IC/BPSR01DK128475 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SAMINENI, VIJAY K · 2021 to 2025
$2.3M
Synaptic mechanisms of somatosensory circuit assemblyR01NS130046 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Bryan Copits · 2023 to 2026
$2.0M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK128475NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS130046
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Descending projections from the brain to the spinal cord can regulate painful stimulus processing and are modulated by endogenous and exogenous opioids. We investigated the role of mu opioid receptors (MORs) in GABAergic vs. glutamatergic neurons of the rostral ventral medulla (RVM) in a mouse model of chronic neuropathic pain. We found that activating glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons in the RVM both result in antinociception at baseline, but glutamatergic neurons

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chronic painCRISPR/Cas9mu opioid receptorneuropathic painrostral ventromedial medulla

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PMID42851261
PMCPMC13643858

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