Shayan Amiri

Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

[ 1 ] - Opioid Receptors Gene Polymorphism and Heroin Dependence in Iran

Introduction: Genes often have multiple polymorphisms that interact with each other and the environment in different individuals. Variability in the opioid receptors can influence opiate withdrawal and dependence. In humans, A118G Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNP) on μ-Opioid Receptor (MOR), 36 G>T in κ-Opioid Receptor (KOR), and T921C in the δ-Opioid Receptor (DOR) have been...

Co-Authors

Amir Roointan 1  

Hugo Bergen 1  

Mehdi Mehdizadeh 1  

Niloufar Ashtari 1  

Parastoo Mardani 1  

Ronak Shabani 1  

Sara Soleimani Asl 1