- 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...
-
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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- the former,
namely antipsychotic-induced akathisia,
suggests a
known neuroreceptor mechanism (e.g., dopamine-receptor blockade).
Diagnosis is
based on...
-
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...
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Kuriyama K,
Illes P,
Wirkner K,
Fischer W, Mühlberg K, et al. (May 2001). "
Neuroreceptors and ion
channels as
targets of alcohol". Alcoholism:
Clinical and Experimental...
