Endomorphins: Promising Endogenous Opioid Peptides for the Development of Novel Analgesics
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Opioid Analgesics
Intensive research on the neurobiology of pain over the past two decades has revealed many receptors, ion channels and enzymes with potential as novel targets for development of a new generation of analgesic agents. However, despite large investment in preclinical and clinical development of small molecules and biologics as potential novel pain therapeutics, very few have reached the clinic. He...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Neurosignals
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1424-862X,1424-8638
DOI: 10.1159/000484909