Abstract
Evidence is presented that the receptors responsible for the mediation of analgesia by morphine‐like drugs are similar to those which are involved in the production of a reversible lenticular opacity. The activity of a number of compounds in mice on the lens was closely correlated with analgesic potency in this species. Stereospecificity for isomers with d configuration was demonstrated for both effects. Nalorphine only antagonized the lenticular opacity activity of those drugs the analgesic action of which it abolished. 1961 British Pharmacological Society
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 433-441 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | British journal of pharmacology and chemotherapy |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1961 |
Externally published | Yes |