Neuropeptide oxytocin enhances μ opioid receptor signaling as a positive allosteric modulator

• Main Authors: Yoshiyuki Meguro (Author), Kanako Miyano (Author), Shigeto Hirayama (Author), Yuki Yoshida (Author), Naoto Ishibashi (Author), Takumi Ogino (Author), Yuriko Fujii (Author), Sei Manabe (Author), Moeko Eto (Author), Miki Nonaka (Author), Hideaki Fujii (Author), Yoichi Ueta (Author), Minoru Narita (Author), Naohiro Sata (Author), Toshihiko Yada (Author), Yasuhito Uezono (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Oxytocin (OT) is a 9-amine neuropeptide that plays an essential role in mammalian labor, lactation, maternal bonding, and social affiliation. OT has been reported to exert an analgesic effect in both humans and animals, and the results of certain animal experiments have shown that the analgesic effe...