Specific naturally occurring peptides, known as endogenous peptides, attach to opioid receptors on cell surfaces to produce a pain-relieving effect, also called an analgesic effect. Analgesics are ...

Nociceptin/orphanin FQ is the peptide that binds to NOC. The endogenous opioids and their receptors are widely distributed throughout the central and peripheral nervous systems, particularly the ...

One possibility is that alcohol may increase or decrease the release and the synthesis of endogenous opioid peptides – endorphins, enkephalins and dynorphins – in distinct brain regions ...

Opioid receptors in the brain are activated by a family of endogenous peptides which are released by neurons. Opioid receptors can also be activated exogenously by alkaloid opiates, the prototype ...

Endogenous opioid peptides system has been found to be involved in mediating the appropriate intensity of electroacupuncture, while the acupuncture effect generated by an extra strong ...

Endogenous opioid peptides are the neurochemical basis of the anesthetic and analgesic effects of acupuncture. The quantity of acupuncture stimulus can be controlled accurately by using ...

Endogenous peptides are produced in different ... May Benefit Brain Function and Mental Health Opioid peptides are peptides found in certain foods and in your body that bind to certain receptors ...

"[The receptors] can be activated by at least 20 endogenous opioid peptides with differential affinity and selectivity". The point about "differential affinity and selectivity" is ...

These leukocytes also release antinociceptive endogenous opioid peptides, which bind to the up-regulated opioid receptors on the nerve, attenuating pain. In short-term treatment, the binding of an ...

by 'grafting' an endogenous opioid peptide into its scaffold. A total of 19 peptides were chemically synthesized based on the original SFTI-1 blueprint and pharmacologically tested. "One of these ...