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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-4-26
pubmed:abstractText
Activation of opioid receptors has generally been considered to produce inhibitory effects on neuronal activity. However, recent studies indicate that specific mu-, delta- and kappa-opioid receptor agonists can elicit excitatory, as well as inhibitory, modulation of the action potentials of sensory neurons isolated in culture. Stanley Crain and Ke-Fei Shen review the evidence for mediation of these direct excitatory effects by naloxone-reversible opioid receptors. They propose that this dual modulatory mechanism may help to account for previously unexplained enhancement by opioids of transmitter release, paradoxical hyperalgesic and aversive effects of opioids, and some aspects of opioid tolerance and addiction.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0165-6147
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
77-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Opioids can evoke direct receptor-mediated excitatory effects on sensory neurons.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY 10461.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review