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Cholecystokinin (CCK): Negative feedback control for opioid analgesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 1997

Ji-Sheng Han
Affiliation:
Neuroscience Research Center, Beijing Medical University, Beijing 100083, China hanjs@mail.bjmu.edu.cn

Abstract

Negative feedback is an important mechanism whereby the organism maintains its balance in a complicated system. It may beregarded as a modern version of the ancient Eastern wisdom of Yin and Yang balance. Control of pain and analgesia, is no exception: CCK seems to serve as a built-in mechanism for the modulation of opioid analgesia system [dickenson].

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Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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