Functional characteristics of the naked mole rat μ-opioid receptor.
While humans and most animals respond to µ-opioid receptor (MOR) agonists with analgesia and decreased aggression, in the naked mole rat (NMR) opioids induce hyperalgesia and severe aggression. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the human mu-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) can underlie altered behavior...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013
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