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From mouse to man: the 5-HT3 receptor modulates physical dependence on opioid narcotics.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Mar 2009
Chu Larry F, Liang De-Yong, Li Xiangqi, Sahbaie Peyman, D'arcy Nicole, Liao Guochun, Peltz Gary, David Clark J
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OBJECTIVES: Addiction to opioid narcotics represents a major public health challenge. Animal models of one component of addiction, physical dependence, show this trait to be highly heritable. The analysis of opioid dependence using contemporary in-silico techniques offers an approach to discover novel treatments for dependence and addiction. METHODS: In these experiments, opioid withdrawal behavior in 18 inbred...
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