Neural functions of the delta-opioid receptor. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ying Xia, editor.
• Editors: Xia, Ying
• Contents: Preface.- Current research on the δ-opioid receptor: From neuroprotection against hypoxia/ischemia to broad neural functions.- Recent history on delta opioid receptors and ligands: Biased mechanisms, and opioid delta-mu and delta-kappa receptor heteromers.- Evolutionary distribution of the δ-Opioid Receptor: from invertebrates to humans.- Developmental distribution of the δ-opioid receptor in mammalian brains.- The Role of δ-opioid receptors in brain ionic homeostasis under physiological condition.- The δ-opioid receptor and stabilization of brain ionic homeostasis in hypoxia/ischemia.- Regulation of membrane transporters by delta-opioid receptors.- Neuroprotective interactions between delta-opioid receptors and glutamatergic signaling mediate hypoxia-tolerance in brain.- δ-Opioids and Neurogenesis.- Delta Opioid Receptor and Peptide: Hibernation for Stroke Therapy.- An important role of the δ-opioid receptor in electroacupuncture-induced protection against ischemic brain injury.- Delta Opioid Receptor in Cerebral Preconditioning.- Delta-opioid receptor-mediated protection and mitochondria.- The delta-opioid system in the brain: A neglected element in Parkinson's disease?.- Are δ-opioid receptors involved in deep brain stimulation?.- Acupuncture, opioid receptors and Na+ channels: A novel insight into inhibition of epileptic hyperexcitability.- Delta Opioids in Protection of the Heart and Brain.- The Various Functions of Opioids in Pathophysiological Conditions.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 685 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 612.8042; Medicine; Opioids -- Receptors; Neurochemistry; MEDICAL -- Physiology; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Human Anatomy & Physiology; Neurochemistry; Opioids -- Receptors; Biomedicine; Neurochemistry; Neurobiology; Nociceptors; Science -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General; Neurosciences; Neurobiology; Medical -- Neuroscience; Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319254951; 3319254952
• Related ISBNs: 9783319254937; 3319254936
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 11, 2016).
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