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μ-Opioid receptor desensitization: homologous or heterologous?

  1. Javier Llorente1,†,‡,
  2. Janet D. Lowe2,†,‡,
  3. Helen S. Sanderson1,
  4. Elena Tsisanova1,
  5. Eamonn Kelly1,
  6. Graeme Henderson1,*,
  7. Chris P. Bailey2

Article first published online: 24 SEP 2012

DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12003

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European Journal of Neuroscience

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volume 36, Issue 12, pages 3636–3642, December 2012

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Llorente, J., Lowe, J. D., Sanderson, H. S., Tsisanova, E., Kelly, E., Henderson, G. and Bailey, C. P. (2012), μ-Opioid receptor desensitization: homologous or heterologous?. European Journal of Neuroscience, 36: 3636–3642. doi: 10.1111/ejn.12003

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  1. 1

    School of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

  2. 2

    Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, UK

  1. †

    Unitat de Farmacologia, Departament de Patologia I Terapèutica Experimental, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

  1. ‡

    J.L. and J.D.L. contributed equally to this study.

* Correspondence: Dr G. Henderson, as above.
E-mail: Graeme.henderson@bris.ac.uk

  1. ‡

    J.L. and J.D.L. contributed equally to this study.

  2. Re-use of this article is permitted in accordance with the Terms and Conditions set out at http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/onlineopen#OnlineOpen_Terms

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 17 DEC 2012
  2. Article first published online: 24 SEP 2012
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 15 AUG 2012
  4. Manuscript Revised: 14 AUG 2012
  5. Manuscript Received: 8 MAY 2012

Funded by

  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (USA) international collaboration. Grant Number: DA 020836
  • Medical Research Council (UK). Grant Number: G0701486
  • Wellcome Trust

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