Sigma Receptors: Their Role in Disease and as Therapeutic Targets

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Smith, Sylvia B. (Editor), Su, Tsung-Ping (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 964
• Subjects: Medicine.; Proteins.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Protein Science.; Receptors.

Originally confused with opioid receptors and then orphan receptors with no biological function, Sigma Receptors are now recognized as relevant to many degenerative diseases with remarkable potential as therapeutic targets. In this text, new information about the structure of sigma 1 receptor, its b...