Short communicationThe effects of RB101, a mixed inhibitor of enkephalin-catabolizing enzymes, on carrageenin-induced spinal c-Fos expression are completely blocked by β-funaltrexamine, a selective μ-opioid receptor antagonist
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Acknowledgements
We thank R. Rambur for photographs. This work was supported by the Ministère de l'Education Nationale, de la Recherche et de la Technologie, the European Biomed program (Project B.M.H.4-CT95-0172), and the Association pour la Recherche sur le Cancer (ARC No. 9605).
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