Involvement of spinal G-protein inwardly rectifying potassium (GIRK) channels in the enhanced antinociceptive effects of the activation of both μ-opioid and cannabinoid CB1 receptors

• Main Authors: Yoshinori Takemura (Author), Yuka Sudo (Author), Tomoya Saeki (Author), Shinji Kurata (Author), Tsutomu Suzuki (Author), Tomohisa Mori (Author), Yasuhito Uezono (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Neuropathic pain is refractory to opioid analgesics. Since there are functional linkages between μ-opioid receptors (MOR) and cannabinoid receptors (CBR), the present study was designed to investigate the interactions between MOR and CB1R based on antinociceptive effects for neuropathic pain mediate...