eLife (Sep 2024)

A promising alternative to opioids

Jie Zhang,
Jianguo Cheng

Affiliations

Jie Zhang: ORCiD; Department of Pain Management, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, United States; Department of Neuroscience, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, United States
Jianguo Cheng: ORCiD; Department of Pain Management, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, United States; Department of Neuroscience, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, United States

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.103003
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13

Abstract

A complex extracted from the amniotic membrane in humans reduces post-surgical pain in mice by directly inhibiting pain-sensing neurons.

Published in eLife

ISSN: 2050-084X (Online)
Publisher: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine; Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://elifesciences.org

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