Pain/Itch Interact with Different Receptor Variants (IMAGE)

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Pain/Itch Interact with Different Receptor Variants

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Opioid drugs such as morphine interact with receptors on nerve cells. The drug relieves pain by interacting with one form of the receptor (MOR1) and causes itching when it interacts with a different form of the receptor (MOR1D).

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Chen lab-Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

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