Bariatric surgery normalizes brain opioid receptors

Mol Psychiatry. 2016 Aug;21(8):989. doi: 10.1038/mp.2016.116.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Analgesics, Opioid / pharmacology
  • Bariatric Surgery / methods*
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain / drug effects
  • Brain / metabolism
  • Fentanyl / analogs & derivatives
  • Fentanyl / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Obesity, Morbid / pathology*
  • Obesity, Morbid / surgery*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Receptors, Dopamine D2 / metabolism
  • Receptors, Opioid, mu / metabolism*

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Receptors, Dopamine D2
  • Receptors, Opioid, mu
  • carfentanil
  • Fentanyl