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Effects of supraspinal orphanin FQ/nociceptin.
Peptides - 1 Jul 2000
Grisel J E, Mogil J S
Abstract excerpt
The first reported behavioral action of the endogenous ligand for the "orphan" opioid receptor was a seemingly paradoxical increased sensitivity to nociception (i.e. hyperalgesia) after supraspinal injection into the cerebral ventricles of mice. In the continuing absence of an appropriate in vivo receptor antagonist, studies attempting to define the role of orphanin FQ/nociceptin (OFQ/N) in pain modulation and...
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