Chemerin is a key adipokine that regulates lipid metabolism and insulin sensitivity, and thus is involved in many metabolic ...

A bitter taste receptor, TAS2R14, has been shown to respond to both extracellular and intracellular signals. Indeed, it can respond to both signals simultaneously. This finding is especially ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 111, No. 49 (December 9, 2014), pp. 17660-17665 (6 pages) A muscle acetylcholine receptor (AChR) has two ...

Injection of frogs with β -adrenergic catecholamines for 1-24 hr produces marked subsensitivity of the erythrocyte membrane adenylate cyclase [ATP pyrophosphate-lyase (cyclizing); EC 4.6.1.1] to in ...

Abstract and Introduction Predicting and Establishing the Clinical Efficacy of a Histamine H Application of the Model Paradigm Conclusions References Pivotal clinical trials are typically large, ...

Partial opioid agonists have mixed or limited action when they bind to your opioid receptors. So, doctors often use them to treat opioid use disorder. Protein receptor sites are like keyholes on the ...

Opioid antagonists help block opioid signaling in the central nervous system, and they include medications such as naloxone and naltrexone. Your central nervous system has many different receptors on ...

At 15 years old, Sammy considered himself an expert on cannabis. When I asked what he knew about how marijuana interacts with the brain, he confidently explained, “THC activates cannabinoid receptors ...