When the connection is made between opioids and these receptors, the cell reacts. The effects vary depending on the cell’s location. Opioid receptors are found in tissues, organs and muscles ...

This calming effect varies in different parts of your brain. The impact of opioids depends on where these receptors are located — whether they’re in specific cell types, neural circuits ...

First, a little lesson in neuroscience: Opioid drugs work by binding to the outside of special receptors located on pain neurons, essentially blocking activity along the brain’s pain circuits.

Opioid drugs bind to opioid receptors in the brain, spinal cord, and other areas of the body, especially receptors related to pain and pleasure. They tell your brain you’re not in pain and ...

Opioid neurotransmitters activate receptors that are located in a lot of places in your body, including pain centers in your spinal cord and brain, reward and pleasure centers in your brain ...

whereas natural opioids are unable to enter cells and activate only receptors located on the cell surface. The location of the activated receptors could therefore explain why opioid drugs trigger ...

A new neuroimaging study published in Molecular Psychiatry provides evidence that anorexia nervosa is associated with altered ...

In an earlier study, researchers found a molecule called C6 guano, which can activate the opioid receptor when it binds outside the active site. C6 guano interacts with a location inside the ...