Opioids slot into opioid receptors and activate them. This sends signals to your brain to relieve pain and promote pleasure. Both endogenous opioids, which your body naturally produces, and exogenous ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Activation of delta opioid receptors inside cells is important for the relief of inflammatory pain, researchers report. "Most medicines targeting receptors are designed to ...

Studies by an international research team suggest that targeting the delta opioid receptor may represent an approach to treating chronic inflammatory pain that has fewer side effects than the use of ...

Opioid receptors play key roles in regulating our senses and emotions. Recently, their discovery outside the nervous system raised several questions about the effects of opioids on the immune system.

Intriguing new preclinical research from a team of Japanese scientists has found targeting opioid receptors in the gut could be a new treatment for inflammatory bowel disease. The research builds on ...

University of Florida scientists have helped identify a novel drug compound that selectively activates pain-altering receptors in the body, offering a potentially safer alternative to conventional ...

The group of researchers were the first to take snapshots of the moment naloxone reverses an opioid overdose in the brain.

University of Florida scientists have helped identify a novel drug compound that selectively activates pain-altering receptors in the body, offering a potentially safer alternative to conventional ...

Due to the importance of dietary sodium and its paucity within many inland environments, terrestrial animals have evolved an instinctive sodium appetite that is commensurate with sodium deficiency.