Development of spinal opioid systems

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 383-385

  Rahman, Wahida ^a   Dickenson, Anthony H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

BINDING AFFINITY; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SHORT SURVEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032864291     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1098-7339(99)90001-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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