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Abstract
Dynorphin A (dynA) and related opioid peptides produce moderate analgesic effects with restricted types of pain stimuli that are often accompanied by a large variety of naloxone-insensitive biochemical and behavioural effects. In binding assays in vitro, dynA possesses a high affinity for mu-, delta- and kappa- opioid receptors with some selectivity for kappa sites, but it also binds to specific non-opioid sites. The involvement of the NMDA receptor has been suggested to explain some of the non-opioid effects of dynA and related peptides. In this article, Vijay Shukla and Simon Lemaire review the experimental evidence that suggests a role for the NMDA receptor in some of the pharmacological effects of dynA and related peptides.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7855907 DOI: 10.1016/0165-6147(94)90091-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Pharmacol Sci ISSN: 0165-6147 Impact factor: 14.819