News tagged with opiate receptors
A new promising approach in the therapy of pain
The treatment of inflammatory pain can be improved by endogenous opioid peptides acting directly in injured tissue. Scientists at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Université Paris Descartes showed that ...
Medical research
Dec 04, 2012 |
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New research finds cause of morphine side effects
A University of Colorado Boulder-led research team has discovered that two protein receptors in the central nervous system team up to respond to morphine and cause unwanted neuroinflammation, a finding with implications for ...
Medical research
Apr 02, 2012 |
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Researchers identify possible new targets for treating pain in women
Women and men experience pain, particularly chronic pain, very differently. The ability of some opioids to relieve pain also differs between women and men. While it has been recognized since the mid-nineties that some narcotic ...
Neuroscience
Aug 18, 2011 |
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