一種讓你感到疼痛的阿片受體突變

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Sci 今天在Neurotic Physiology,討論一項關於μ-阿片受體中單核苷酸多型性的最新研究。這是一個簡單的單基因突變,但具有相當大的影響,尤其是在疼痛敏感性方面。雖然這確實讓我感到好奇,為什麼每張背痛的照片都有一個沒穿襯衫的人,後背還在發光?我想你不可能穿著襯衫背痛吧。去看看

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