Open AccessSwallowing pain relief
Author(s) -
Nicole LeBrasseur
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
the journal of cell biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.414
H-Index - 380
eISSN - 1540-8140
pISSN - 0021-9525
DOI - 10.1083/jcb1564rr3
Subject(s) - morphine , damgo , opiate receptors , biology , endocytosis , receptor , opiate , swallowing , pharmacology , microbiology and biotechnology , enkephalin , opioid , medicine , biochemistry , (+) naloxone , surgery
![Graphic][1] DAMGO helps morphine-bound receptors (white) enter the cell.Whistler/ElsevierAnew study shows that, in the presence of morphine, low doses of an opiate analogue can induce receptor endocytosis, thereby reducing the development of tolerance to morphine. Jennifer
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