The therapeutic potential of κ-opioids for treatment of pain and addiction

Neuropsychopharmacology. 2011 Jan;36(1):369-70. doi: 10.1038/npp.2010.137.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anxiety Disorders / drug therapy
  • Anxiety Disorders / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Narcotic Antagonists / pharmacology
  • Narcotic Antagonists / therapeutic use
  • Opioid-Related Disorders / drug therapy
  • Opioid-Related Disorders / metabolism
  • Opioid-Related Disorders / prevention & control
  • Pain / drug therapy*
  • Pain / metabolism
  • Receptors, Opioid, kappa / agonists
  • Receptors, Opioid, kappa / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Receptors, Opioid, kappa / physiology
  • Signal Transduction / drug effects
  • Signal Transduction / physiology
  • Stress, Psychological / drug therapy*
  • Stress, Psychological / metabolism
  • Substance-Related Disorders / drug therapy*
  • Substance-Related Disorders / metabolism

Substances

  • Narcotic Antagonists
  • Receptors, Opioid, kappa