Opioid receptor trafficking and interaction in nociceptors

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 364-374

  Zhang, Xu ^a   Bao, L ^b   Li, S ^b  

^a Institute of Neuroscience   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

dorsal root ganglion; morphine antinociceptive tolerance; nociceptor; receptor interaction; receptor trafficking; opioid receptor; opioid receptor

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; METHADONE; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PREPROENKEPHALIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANALGESIA; ANTINOCICEPTION; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENDOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; INTERNALIZATION; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MORPHINE TOLERANCE; NERVE FIBER C; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN RECEPTOR; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL GANGLION; ANIMAL; DRUG TOLERANCE; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; DRUG TOLERANCE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MORPHINE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECEPTORS, OPIOID;

EID: 84920148596     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bph.12653     Document Type: Review

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