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Acute motor effects induced by opioid antagonists in Parkinson’s disease: could naloxone be a rescue therapy?

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    Giuseppe Belfiore

  2. Department “G. F. Ingrassia”, Section of Neurosciences, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 78, 95123, Catania, Italy

    Roberta Terranova, Giovanni Mostile, Donatella Contrafatto, Alessandra Nicoletti & Mario Zappia

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Belfiore, G., Terranova, R., Mostile, G. et al. Acute motor effects induced by opioid antagonists in Parkinson’s disease: could naloxone be a rescue therapy?. Neurol Sci 42, 2553–2554 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-020-04955-9

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