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Methods: Rats were instrumented with femoral and intracisternal (i.c.) indwelling catheters and sepsis was induced by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP). Results: The i.v. administration of morphine (3 and 10 mg\/kg) significantly and dose-dependently aggravated septic manifestations of hypotension and impaired cardiac autonomic activity, as reflected by the reductions in indices of heart rate variability (HRV). Cardiac contractility (dP\/dtmax) was also reduced by morphine in septic rats. The morphine effects were mostly eliminated following (i) blockade of \u03bc-opioid receptors by i.v. naloxone and (ii) inhibition of central PI3K, MAPK-ERK, MAPK-JNK, NADPH oxidase (NADPHox), or Rho-kinase (ROCK) by i.c. wortmannin, PD98059, SP600125, diphenyleneiodonium, and fasudil, respectively. Further, these pharmacologic interventions significantly reduced the heightened protein expression of toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP1) in brainstem rostral ventrolateral medullary (RVLM), but not cardiac, tissues of CLP\/morphine-treated rats. Conclusions: Morphine worsens cardiovascular and autonomic disturbances caused by sepsis through a mechanism mediated via \u03bc-opioid receptors and upregulated central inflammatory, chemotactic, and oxidative signals. 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