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Volume 143, Issue 3 , Pages 233-237 , June 2009

Inhibition of the N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor unmasks the antinociception of endogenous opioids in the periphery

  • Guo Hua Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Korea University, 126-1 Anam-dong 5 ga, Sungbuk-gu, Seoul 136-705, Republic of Korea
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  • Sun Seek Min

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, Eulji University, 143-5 Youngdu-dong, Jung-gu, Daejeon 301-832, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Tel.: +82 2 920 6189; fax: +82 2 929 1485 (H.C. Han); Tel.: +82 42 259 1633; fax: +82 42 259 1639 (S.S. Min).
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  • Geun Hee Seol

      Affiliations

    • Department of Basic Nursing Science, Korea University School of Nursing, Seoul 136-713, Republic of Korea
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  • Kyu Sang Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Korea University, 126-1 Anam-dong 5 ga, Sungbuk-gu, Seoul 136-705, Republic of Korea
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  • Hongxiu Han

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Hanyang University Hospital, 17 Haengdang-dong, Sungdong-gu, Seoul 133-792, Republic of Korea
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  • Yang In Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Korea University, 126-1 Anam-dong 5 ga, Sungbuk-gu, Seoul 136-705, Republic of Korea
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  • Hee Chul Han

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Korea University, 126-1 Anam-dong 5 ga, Sungbuk-gu, Seoul 136-705, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Tel.: +82 2 920 6189; fax: +82 2 929 1485 (H.C. Han); Tel.: +82 42 259 1633; fax: +82 42 259 1639 (S.S. Min).

Received 8 May 2008 ,Revised 6 March 2009 ,Accepted 6 March 2009.

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PII: S0304-3959(09)00157-2

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.03.007

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