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Opioids
Known as:
opioid product
, opiates in any form
, opiate agonists
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A class of synthetic chemicals/drugs similar to opiates (opium derivatives) with analgesic properties. Due to binding to opiate receptors, opioids…
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Broader (5)
Alkaloids
Analgesics, Opioid
Narcotic Analgesics
Narcotics
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Analgesics
Central Nervous System Depressants
Codeine
Endogenous Opiates
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Narrower (8)
Endorphins
Heroin
OPIOID ANALGESICS
Opium
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Review
2009
Review
2009
The Impact of Opioids on the Endocrine System
Nathaniel Katz
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N. Mazer
The Clinical Journal of Pain
2009
Corpus ID: 13634072
ObjectivesOpioids have been used for medicinal and analgesic purposes for centuries. However, their negative effects on the…
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Review
2008
Review
2008
The ibogaine medical subculture.
Kenneth Alper
,
H. S. Lotsof
,
Charles D Kaplan
Journal of Ethnopharmacology
2008
Corpus ID: 2355108
Review
2004
Review
2004
Function of opioids in the enteric nervous system
J. Wood
,
J. Galligan
Neurogastroenterology and Motility
2004
Corpus ID: 36015696
Alterations in gastrointestinal motility and secretion underlie the constipating action of therapeutically administered opiates…
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Review
2000
Review
2000
Postoperative ileus: a preventable event
K. Holte
,
H. Kehlet
British Journal of Surgery
2000
Corpus ID: 28554765
Postoperative ileus has traditionally been accepted as a normal response to tissue injury. No data support any beneficial effect…
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Review
2000
Review
2000
What is stress, and how does it affect reproduction?
H. Dobson
,
R. Smith
Animal Reproduction Science
2000
Corpus ID: 26033646
Review
1993
Review
1993
Peripheral Mechanisms of Opioid Analgesia
C. Stein
Anesthesia and Analgesia
1993
Corpus ID: 10113604
Traditionally, opioids exert analgesic effects through actions within the central nervous system (CNS) exclusively (1). Recently…
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Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Subcutaneous formalin-induced activity of dorsal horn neurones in the rat: differential response to an intrathecal opiate administered pre or post formalin
A. Dickenson
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A. F. Sullivan
Pain
1987
Corpus ID: 23960182
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Opioid peptides mediate the suppressive effect of stress on natural killer cell cytotoxicity.
Y. Shavit
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J. Lewis
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G. Terman
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R. Gale
,
J. Liebeskind
Science
1984
Corpus ID: 42827550
The cytotoxic activity of natural killer cells was investigated in rats subjected to one of two inescapable footshock stress…
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Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Opioid-like analgesia in defeated mice.
K. Miczek
,
M. L. Thompson
,
L. Shuster
Science
1982
Corpus ID: 38859716
Mice exposed to repeated attacks by other mice showed decreased nociception in response to radiant heat focused on their tails…
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Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Endogenous opioid peptides: multiple agonists and receptors
J. Lord
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A. Waterfield
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J. Hughes
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H. Kosterlitz
Nature
1977
Corpus ID: 4160761
Opioid peptides were assayed by inhibition of 3H-naloxone and 3H-leu-enkephalin binding in brain homogenates and by depression of…
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