Decreased endomorphin-2 and opioidreceptor in the spinal cord are associated with painful diabetic neuropathy
Painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN) is one of the most common complications in the early stage of diabetes mellitus (DM). Endomorphin-2 (EM2) selectively activates the opioid receptor (MOR) and subsequently induces antinociceptive effects in the spinal dorsal horn. However, the effects of EM2-MOR in...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-09-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnmol.2016.00080/full |