- In
biochemistry and pharmacology,
receptors are
chemical structures,
composed of protein, that
receive and
transduce signals that may be
integrated into...
- A
neurotransmitter receptor (also
known as a
neuroreceptor) is a
membrane receptor protein that is
activated by a neurotransmitter.
Chemicals on the outside...
- play
where objects and
substances are used to
stimulate the body's
neuroreceptors for heat and cold for
sensual effect.
Substances used can
include water...
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disorders and
brain activity.
Numerous compounds that bind
selectively to
neuroreceptors of
interest in
biological psychiatry have been
radiolabeled with C-11...
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Drevets WC (April 2013). "
Neuroreceptor imaging in depression".
Neurobiology of Disease. 52: 49–65. doi:10.1016/j...
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combined measure of the
density of "available"
neuroreceptors and the
affinity of a drug to that
neuroreceptor.
Consider a
ligand receptor binding system...
- barbiturates. Such a
difference is
largely due to
benzodiazepine activity as a
neuroreceptor modulator, and not as an
activator per se.
Lorazepam and
similar medications...
- the former,
namely antipsychotic-induced akathisia,
suggests a
known neuroreceptor mechanism (e.g., dopamine-receptor blockade).
Diagnosis is
based on...
- Zaf****nini S, Golanò P,
Farinas O, et al. (January 2003). "Vascularity and
neuroreceptors of the pes anserinus:
anatomic study". Clin Anat. 16 (1): 19–24. doi:10...
- Each drug has a
specific action on one or more
neurotransmitter or
neuroreceptor in the brain.
Drugs that
increase activity in
particular neurotransmitter...
