Opioid drugs, like morphine or fentanyl, can cause death by stopping the brain from telling the body to breathe. But is the effect of opioids on breathing that straightforward? Join expert Nick Burgraff and guests James Reed and Gabi Sullivan to learn more!
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Season 3, Episode 8: SfN Shorts Part 5
In this episode, we cover how opioids affect breathing and how we can use asthma medication to improve overdose reversal; a promising new treatment for one of the symptoms of spinal cord injury; and how our brains coordinate movements differently after a stroke.
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