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Animal Studies, Pharmacology/Drug Development


2021 Jun 11


Anesthesiology

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Functional Profile of Systemic and Intrathecal Cebranopadol in Nonhuman Primates.

Authors

Ding H, Trapella C, Kiguchi N, Hsu F-C, Caló G, Ko M-C
Anesthesiology. 2021 Jun 11.
PMID: 34237134.

Abstract

Cebranopadol, a mixed nociceptin/opioid receptor full agonist, can effectively relieve pain in rodents and humans. However, it is unclear to what degree different opioid receptor subtypes contribute to its antinociception and whether cebranopadol lacks acute opioid-associated side effects in primates. The authors hypothesized that coactivation of nociceptin receptors and μ receptors produces analgesia with reduced side effects in nonhuman primates.