| Literature DB >> 11893329 |
Brigitte L Kieffer1, Christopher J Evans.
Abstract
Tolerance, one of several behavioral adaptations to prolonged opioid treatment, has long been explained by desensitization of opioid receptor signaling and loss of surface receptors. However, recent evidence presents an alternative hypothesis, suggesting that receptor internalization could in fact reduce tolerance in vivo.Mesh:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 11893329 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(02)00666-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell ISSN: 0092-8674 Impact factor: 41.582