University of Florida scientists have helped identify a novel drug compound that selectively activates pain-altering ...

The National Institutes of Health funded the study. The human body relies on three kinds of opioid receptors to regulate pain, much like traffic control systems on a busy highway. Understanding ...

The same chemicals and receptors that control the sensation of pain in the opioid system also play a role in regulating ...

Female hormones can suppress pain by making immune cells near the spinal cord produce opioids, a new study has found. This stops pain signals before they get to the brain. The discovery could help ...

The activation of opioid receptors—which are very widely distributed in the brain—leads to short-term inhibition of neuronal ...

They discovered that the cells in female mice were producing high levels of enkephalin – a natural opioid that binds to pain-suppressing receptors in the spinal cord. Enkephalin binds to the same ...

A118G (43AA, 19AG, 18GG) 80 Taiwan females following abdominal hysterectomy GG had significantly higher postoperative day 1 morphine requirements [104] A118G Caucasians: 66 = AA, 29AG; Africans ...

Typically, a nasal spray is used. By blocking the brain’s opioid receptors, naloxone keeps the opioid from suppressing the user’s ability to breathe. But animal tranquilizers bypass the opioid ...