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Molecular and cellular mechanisms of the age-dependency of opioid analgesia and tolerance
Molecular Pain, 2012 The age-dependency of opioid analgesia and tolerance has been noticed in both clinical observation and laboratory studies. Evidence shows that many molecular and cellular events that play essential roles in opioid analgesia and tolerance are actually age-
Zhao Jing +4 more
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Frontiers in Oncology, 2022 BackgroundOpioid receptors are expressed not only by neural cells in the central nervous system, but also by many solid tumor cancer cells. Whether perioperative opioids given for analgesia after tumor resection surgery might inadvertently activate tumor
Amparo Belltall +16 more
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Multi-objective Molecular Optimization for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Using Generative Network Complex [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) has emerged as a significant global public health issue, with complex multifaceted conditions. Due to the lack of effective treatment options for various conditions, there is a pressing need for the discovery of new medications. In this study, we propose a deep generative model that combines a stochastic differential equation (
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Targeting peripheral opioid receptors to promote analgesic and anti-inflammatory actions
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2013 Mechanisms of endogenous pain control are significant. Increasing studies have clearly produced evidence for the clinical usefulness of opioids in peripheral analgesia.
Katerina eIwaszkiewicz +2 more
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Delta opioid receptors regulate temporoammonic-activated feedforward inhibition to the mouse CA1 hippocampus. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 The opioid system influences learning and memory processes. However, neural mechanisms underlying the modulation of hippocampal activity by opioid receptors remain largely unknown. Here, we compared how mu and delta receptors operate within the mouse CA1
Xavier Rezai +3 more
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Delta-opioid receptor endocytosis in spinal cord after dermenkephalin activation
BMC Neuroscience, 2000 Background The delta(δ)-opioid receptors belong to the G protein-coupled receptors and in vitro studies have shown that δ-opioid receptors undergo an internalization process in response to agonist stimulation.
Gastard Myriam
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Scalable Production of Highly-Sensitive Nanosensors Based on Graphene Functionalized with a Designed G Protein-Coupled Receptor [PDF]
, 2014 We have developed a novel, all-electronic biosensor for opioids that consists of an engineered mu opioid receptor protein, with high binding affinity for opioids, chemically bonded to a graphene field-effect transistor to read out ligand binding. A variant of the receptor protein that provided chemical recognition was computationally redesigned to ...
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Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.As many patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) have chronic pain, understanding how to best assess and manage pain in IA is a priority. Co‐morbid depression is prevalent in adults with IA, affecting 15 to 39% of people. Whilst pain and depression are thought to be associated in IA, this concept is largely based on cross‐sectional data.
Natasha Cox +3 more
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Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 Opioid medications are the mainstay of pain management but present substantial side-effects such as respiratory depression which can be lethal with overdose.
Jamil Danaf +3 more
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Intraoral Drug Delivery: Bridging the Gap Between Academic Research and Industrial Innovations
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Intraoral drug delivery offers a promising route for systemic and localized therapies, yet challenges such as enzymatic degradation, limited permeability, and microbial interactions hinder efficacy. This figure highlights innovative strategies—mucoadhesive materials, enzyme inhibitors, and permeation enhancers—to overcome these barriers.
Soheil Haddadzadegan +4 more
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