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CURRENT OPINION IN PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages 87-91Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2011.10.020
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [KAKENHI 21600013, 22600009]
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology Japan
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [22600009, 21600013, 23590718] Funding Source: KAKEN
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The mu-opioid receptors mainly contribute to the control of pain transmission, while a number of splice variants may have different physiological roles. In fact, some mu-opioid receptor agonists show distinct antinociceptive properties probably mediated via splice variants insensitive to traditional mu-opioid receptor agonists. These atypical mu-opioid receptor agonists are extremely effective against morphine-resistant interactive pain and lack the psychological dependence liability. mu-Opioid receptor splice variants specific for these atypical agonists may be the target for better analgesics effective against morphine-resistant interactive pain and lacking psychological dependence liability.
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