Peripheral benzodiazepine receptors: Are they potential biomarkers for glial activation in pain states?
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Peripheral Benzodiazepine Receptors in Health and Disease
Two main types of benzodiazepine receptors have been identified: central type, which is found in the brain mainly in the cortex, limbic areas and cerebellum, and peripheral type, which is found in the kidneys, lungs, ovaries, testes, adrenal glands and blood cells, but is also present in the CNS, in particular in glial cells. Peripheral benzodiazepine receptors (PBR) are detected in most of the...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Pain
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1090-3801
DOI: 10.1002/j.1532-2149.2012.00283.x