Bookedited by Santi M. Spampinato.
Contents:
Overview of genetic analysis of human opioid receptors / Santi M. Spampinato
Computational structural biology of opioid receptors / Davide Provasi
Analysis of epigenetic mechanisms regulating opioid receptor gene transcription / Cheol Kyu Hwang [and three others]
Renilla luciferase reporter assay to study 3'UTR-Driven posttranscriptional regulations of OPRM1 / Gabriele Vincelli and Andrea Bedini
High-throughput gene expression profiling of opioid-induced alterations in discrete brain areas / Michal Korostynski [and three others]
Real-time imaging of mu opioid receptors by total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy / Cristina Roman-Vendrell and Guillermo Ariel Yudowski
In vivo techniques to investigate the internalization profile of opioid receptors / Amynah A. Pradhan [and three others]
Monitoring opioid receptor dimerization in living cells by bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) / Monica Baiula
Analysis of potassium and calcium imaging to assay the function of opioid receptors / Viola Spahn, Dinah Nockemann, and Halina Machelska
Electrophysiological patch clamp assay to monitor the action of opioid receptors / Viola Spahn, Dinah Nockemann, and Halina Machelska
Skin-nerve preparation to assay the function of opioid receptors in peripheral endings of sensory neurons / Rabih Moshourab, Yvonne Schmidt, and Halina Machelska
Mechanical nociception measurement in mice and rats with automated Von Frey equipment / Gabriele Campana and Roberto Rimondini
Detecting zinc release induced by mu-opioid receptor agonists in brain slices / María Rodríguez-Muñoz [and three others]
Opioid receptors : methods for detection and their modes of actions in the eye / Shahid Husain
Evaluation of murine macrophage cytokine production after in vivo morphine treatment / Silvia Franchi [and four others]
Measurement of macrophage toll-like receptor 4 expression after morphine treatment / Mara Castelli [and three others]
The role of opioid receptors in migration and wound recovery in vitro in cultured human keratinocytes and fibroblasts / Mei Bigliardi-Qi and Paul L. Bigliardi
Role of opioid receptors in the reinstatement of opioid- seeking behavior : an overview / Liana Fattore [and three others]
Analysis of opioid-seeking reinstatement in the rat / Liana Fattore [and three others]
Induction of a high alcohol consumption in rats and mice : role of opioid receptors / Roberto Rimondini and Gabriele Campana
Evaluation of social and nonsocial behaviors mediated by opioids in mouse pups / Francesca R. D'Amato.