The search for new anesthetic and analgesic drugs will be aided by analysis of the structures of chemical compounds which variously stimulate the five proposed opioid receptors or the benzodiazepine receptors. The mechanism of interaction between the benzodiazepines, opioids, and the neuroleptics will be further elucidated. These studies will result in discovery of drugs with fewer side-effects and more specific clinical effects.
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