Opioid receptors: drivers to addiction?

Drug addiction is a worldwide societal problem and public health burden, and results from recreational drug use that develops into a complex brain disorder. The opioid system, one of the first discovered neuropeptide systems in the history of neuroscience, is central to addiction. Recently, opioid r...

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Published in:	Nature reviews. Neuroscience Vol. 19; no. 8; pp. 499 - 514
Main Authors:	Darcq, Emmanuel, Kieffer, Brigitte Lina
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Nature Publishing Group 01.08.2018
Subjects:	Addictions Animals Brain - physiopathology Drug abuse Drug addiction Drug use Humans Narcotics Nervous system Neurons - physiology Neurosciences Opioid receptors (type kappa) Opioid receptors (type mu) Opioids Pain Pain - drug therapy Public health Receptors, Opioid, kappa - physiology Receptors, Opioid, mu - physiology Reward Substance-Related Disorders - etiology Substance-Related Disorders - physiopathology
ISSN:	1471-003X, 1471-0048, 1471-0048, 1469-3178
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