Comprehensive review of mu, delta, and kappa opioid receptor distribution and function throughout the GI tract, explaining how opioid drugs cause constipation and how peripheral opioid antagonists can treat it.
Key findingComprehensive review of mu, delta, and kappa opioid receptor distribution and function throughout the GI tract, explaining how opioid drugs cause cons
What the researchers found
Comprehensive review of mu, delta, and kappa opioid receptor distribution and function throughout the GI tract, explaining how opioid drugs cause constipation and how peripheral opioid antagonists can treat it.
Why it matters
Relevant for peptide research.
How the study worked
research study.
What this study cannot tell us
See abstract.
How to read the evidence
emerging evidence.
When this study was published
Published in 2009.
The bigger picture
Advances peptide research.
Questions still open
- Further research needed.
Common questions
What was studied?
What was found?
Read the original research
Opioid receptors in the gastrointestinal tract.
Regulatory peptides, 155(1-3), 11-7
Citation
Holzer, Peter. (2009). Opioid receptors in the gastrointestinal tract.. Regulatory peptides, 155(1-3), 11-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regpep.2009.03.012