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M C Holden Ko

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Patrick C, Ko M, Woods J
Analgesia (Elmsford N Y) . 2011 Sep; 4:397-404. PMID: 21687823
A recent clinical report suggested that kappa opioids such as nalbuphine and butorphanol produced greater pain relief in women than in men. However, both compounds have been characterized as partial...
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Divin M, Ko M, Traynor J
Eur J Pharmacol . 2008 Feb; 583(1):48-55. PMID: 18275956
It has been proposed that on chronic morphine treatment the micro-opioid receptor becomes constitutively active, and as a consequence, the opioid withdrawal response arises from a reduction in the level...
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Ko M, Wei H, Woods J, Kennedy R
J Pharmacol Exp Ther . 2006 Jun; 318(3):1257-64. PMID: 16766718
Nociceptin/orphanin FQ (N/OFQ) is a heptadecapeptide that is an endogenous ligand for the N/OFQ peptide (NOP) receptor. The aim of this study was to investigate the behavioral responses of N/OFQ...
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Ko M, Divin M, Lee H, Woods J, Traynor J
J Pharmacol Exp Ther . 2005 Nov; 316(2):772-9. PMID: 16258020
6beta-Naltrexol is the major metabolite of the opioid receptor antagonist, naltrexone, in humans. However, there are no functional studies of 6beta-naltrexol in primates. The aim of this study was to...
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Neilan C, Husbands S, Breeden S, Ko M, Aceto M, Lewis J, et al.
Eur J Pharmacol . 2004 Sep; 499(1-2):107-16. PMID: 15363957
The development of buprenorphine as a treatment for opiate abuse and dependence has drawn attention to opioid ligands that have agonist actions followed by long-lasting antagonist actions. In a search...
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Williams K, Ko M, Rice K, Woods J
Psychoneuroendocrinology . 2003 Apr; 28(4):513-28. PMID: 12689609
Some opioid antagonists increase the release of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and cortisol in humans and, therefore, may indicate that endogenous opioids modulate hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity. The type of opioid receptor...
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Ko M, Lee H, Song M, Sobczyk-Kojiro K, Mosberg H, Kishioka S, et al.
J Pharmacol Exp Ther . 2003 Mar; 305(1):173-9. PMID: 12649366
Pruritus (itch sensation) is the most common side effect associated with spinal administration of morphine given to humans for analgesia. A variety of agents have been proposed as antipruritics with...