Central and peripheral mechanisms of narcotic antitussives codeine-sensitive and -resistant coughs.docVIP

Cough BioMedCentral Review Open Access Central and peripheral mechanisms of narcotic antitussives: codeine-sensitive and -resistant coughs Kazuo Takahama* and Tetsuya Shirasaki Address: Department of Environmental and Molecular Health Sciences, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 5-1 Oe-Honmachi, Kumamoto 862-0973, Japan Email: Kazuo Takahama* - takahama@gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp; Tetsuya Shirasaki - shirasak@gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp * Corresponding author Published: 9 July 2007 Received: 4 December 2005 Accepted: 9 July 2007 Cough 2007, 3:8 doi:10.1186/1745-9974-3-