title: Opiate total synthesis and contemporary NIDDK analgesic research-natural and unnatural ligands for computed tomography imaging of receptors in conscious humans. Implications for future advances in the neurosciences.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Rice
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D004723:Endorphins / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D009462:Neurology; D011957:Receptors, Opioid / Q000187:drug effects*; D012106:Research; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D004723:Endorphins; D008024:Ligands; D011957:Receptors, Opioid