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The withdrawal syndrome after the cessation of μ-opioid receptor agonists remains an obstacle in the clinical treatment of pain. We recently showed that peripheral opioid receptors play a significant role in the withdrawal signs in morphine-dependent mice. Therefore, the present study was designed
The effects of berberine on the contractions of the longitudinal muscle of the guinea-pig isolated ileum were investigated. Lower concentrations of berberine (less than or equal to 5 x 10(-5) M) induced a parallel rightward shift of the dose-response curve of acetylcholine, suggesting that berberine
The diagnosis of mushroom poisoning is based on three principles: the description of the mushroom, the toxicological analysis of the mushroom and, most important, the mushroom syndrome. Mushroom poisoning can be classified according to the lag time between the meal and the onset of symptoms. In this
BACKGROUND
Many species of the genus Inocybe (family Cortinariaceae, higher Basidiomycetes) are muscarine-containing mycorrhizal mushrooms, ubiquitous around the world. The few published reports on the poisonous Inocybe mushrooms are often limited by the inadequate identification of the species. The
The paper describes two incidents of poisoning by the mushroom Chlorophyllum molybdites and reviews the literature covering this organism, a common agent of mushroom poisoning in many countries and the most common cause of mushroom poisoning in North America. Both poisoning incidents occurred in