μ-opioid receptors: Ligand-dependent activation of potassium conductance, desensitization, and internalization

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 5769-5776

  Alvarez, Veronica A ^a,e   Arttamangkul, Seksiri ^a   Dang, Vu ^a   Salem, Abdallah ^a,b   Whistler, Jennifer L ^c   Von Zastrow, Mark ^d   Grandy, David K ^a   Williams, John T ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Endocytosis; Homologous desensitization; Imaging; Locus ceruleus; Opioids

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BESTATIN; BRIMONIDINE; DERMORPHIN; ETORPHINE; METENKEPHALIN; METHADONE; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALOXONE; NORMORPHINE; OPIATE AGONIST; THIORPHAN; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TOLERANCE; EMBRYO; ENDOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERNALIZATION; KIDNEY CELL; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION;

EID: 0036663016     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-13-05769.2002     Document Type: Article

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