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Mu Opioid Splice Variant MOR-1K Contributes to the Development of Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Oladosu Folabomi A, Conrad Matthew S, O'Buckley Sandra C, Rashid Naim U, Slade Gary D, Nackley Andrea G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A subset of the population receiving opioids for the treatment of acute and chronic clinical pain develops a paradoxical increase in pain sensitivity known as opioid-induced hyperalgesia. Given that opioid analgesics are one of few treatments available against clinical pain, it is critical to determine the key molecular mechanisms that drive opioid-induced hyperalgesia in order to reduce its...
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