Desensitization and Trafficking of μ-Opioid Receptors in Locus Ceruleus Neurons: Modulation by Kinases
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Desensitization and trafficking of μ-opioid receptors in locus ceruleus neurons: modulation by kinases.
The phosphorylation of μ-opioid receptors (MOPRs) by G protein-coupled receptor kinases (GRKs), followed by arrestin binding, is thought to be a key pathway leading to desensitization and internalization. The present study used the combination of intracellular and whole-cell recordings from rats and mice, as well as live cell imaging of Flag-tagged MOPRs from mouse locus ceruleus neurons, to ex...
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Pharmacology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0026-895X,1521-0111
DOI: 10.1124/mol.111.076208