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Pharmacological characterization of the cloned kappa-, delta-, and mu-opioid receptors.

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Descending projections from the pontine micturition center

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Architecture, Earth Sciences, Projection Mapping +3

Ultrastructural evidence for a paucity of projections from the lumbosacral cord to the pontine micturition center or M‐region in the cat: A new concept for the organization of the micturition reflex with the periaqueductal gray as central relay

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The inhibitory effect of opioid peptides and morphine applied intrathecally and intracerebroventricularly on the micturition reflex in the cat

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