title: Opioid receptors and awareness of the Greek alphabet.
abstract: Several years ago a colleague, John Hugh Rees, set the following question for a final BSc Pharmacology exam: 'Describe current views about the classification of opioid receptors. Is the classification you describe of much relevance or has it merely served to make you more aware of the Greek alphabet?' This question is still relevant today.
authors.affiliation: University of Manchester.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Pleuvry
mesh_terms: D000698:Analgesia; D006801:Humans; D009294:Narcotics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011957:Receptors, Opioid / Q000145:classification*; D017465:Receptors, Opioid, delta / Q000502:physiology; D017473:Receptors, Opioid, kappa / Q000502:physiology; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu / Q000502:physiology; D012119:Respiration / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D009294:Narcotics; D011957:Receptors, Opioid; D017465:Receptors, Opioid, delta; D017473:Receptors, Opioid, kappa; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu