Attenuation of opioid tolerance by ETB receptor agonist, IRL-1620, is independent of an accompanied decrease in nerve growth factor in mice

Aim: ETA receptor antagonists reverse opioid tolerance but the involvement of ETB receptors is unknown. In morphine or oxycodone tolerant mice we investigated (1) the effect of ETB receptor agonist, IRL-1620, on analgesic tolerance; (2) changes in expression of the brain ETA and ETB receptors; and (...

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Main Authors: Shruti Gulati, Seema Briyal, Shantel Jones, Shaifali Bhalla, Anil Gulati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-06-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844016325476