Knockout Mice
Sigma-1 receptor knockout mice were created in 2009 to study the effects of endogenous DMT. Strangely, the mice demonstrated no overt phenotype. As expected, however, they did lack locomotor response to the sigma ligand (+)-SKF-10,047 and displayed reduced response to formalin induced pain. Speculation has focused on the ability of other receptors in the sigma family (e.g., sigma-2, with similar binding properties) to compensate for the lack of sigma-1 receptor.
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