Opioid receptors are proteins in the nervous system that interact with opioids. Opioid receptors are part of the endogenous opioid system. This is the body’s internal system for regulating pain, ...

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are expressed on the surface of cells and regulate a range of important functions. Because they are involved in so many sensory and physiological processes, ...

Clearance of Lynkuet provides a new alternative to hormone-based treatment for hot flashes and sets up a market battle with ...

A new research study finds how COVID provokes an immune response that drives changes to important brain receptors involved in ...

Taste receptors have been found far beyond the tongue, but do they help perceive taste or work like the ones in our mouths? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Researchers at Leipzig University and Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg have investigated a previously unknown process that occurs during protein synthesis in the cell. They examined how ...

T-cells have things called "receptors" which make sure they can detect the shape of an invading microbe -- such as the famously spiky Covid-19 virus. When T-cells grow in the thymus, the gland has a ...

Our noses can effortlessly distinguish the aroma of coffee from the tang of gasoline, yet how they do it has long been a mystery. In a study that appears Oct. 30 in Nature, scientists at Duke ...