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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-10-12
pubmed:abstractText
Recent studies indicate that one of the more likely mechanisms of opioid tolerance could involve a decrease in the efficiency with which agonists can induce coupling of their specific binding sites in neuronal membranes to the activation (or deactivation) of an effector system. Reports of sodium-induced decreases in opioid receptor agonist binding and in the size of ligand/receptor complexes, as well as modulation of opioid activity by manipulation of sodium in vivo, indicate that sodium might play a physiological role in modulating opioid receptor function. Reports of morphine-induced systemic sodium retention in animals, as well as morphine-induced increases in brain intracellular sodium and decreases in brain Na+, K(+)-ATPase activity, indicate that the development of tolerance may be accompanied by changes in the disposition of sodium. The direction of these sodium- and morphine-induced changes is consistent with the hypothesis that an increase in intracellular sodium could participate in the mechanism(s) of opioid tolerance development.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0306-9877
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
161-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-8-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Is intracellular sodium involved in the mechanism of tolerance to opioid drugs?
pubmed:affiliation
MCV Station, Richmond, VA 23298.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article