Retro-nociceptin methylester, a peptide with analgesic and memory-enhancing activity

Life Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 25, 2000, Pages 3095-3101

  Jinsmaa, Yunden ^a   Takahashi, Masakatsu ^b   Fukunaga, Hiroko ^b   Yoshikawa, Masaaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Learning; Nociceptin; Retro opioid peptide; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NOCICEPTIN RECEPTOR; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE; RETRO NOCICEPTIN METHYLESTER; RETRO-NOCICEPTIN METHYLESTER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GUINEA PIG; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; GUINEA PIGS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, OPIOID;

EID: 0034634223     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(00)00889-4     Document Type: Article

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