Rethinking the opiate system? Morphine and morphine-6-glucuronide as new endocrine and neuroendocrine mediators

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Glattard, Elise ^a   Muller, Arnaud ^a   Aunis, Dominique ^a   Metz Boutigue, Marie Hélène ^a   Stefano, George B ^b   Goumon, Yannick ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogenous Morphine; M6G; Opiate; Pain; PEBP; RKIP

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; MORPHINE 6 GLUCURONIDE;

ADRENAL GLAND; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HEART; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PUBLICATION; SHORT SURVEY; URINE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHROMAFFIN CELLS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HUMANS; MORPHINE; MORPHINE DERIVATIVES; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS;

EID: 33744959773     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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