Sentences with phrase «receptors plays a central»

This group of about 800 receptors plays a central role in transferring signals from the environment into the cell and is of great interest for drug development.

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The Janus tyrosine kinases (Jaks) play a central role in signaling through cytokine receptors.
They found that elevated anxious temperament is associated with decreased messenger RNA expression of two neuropeptide Y receptors, Y1R and Y5R, in the central nucleus of the amygdala, a region of the brain that plays an important role in regulating fear and anxiety.
A receptor is a molecule placed on the cell membrane which, in some cases, can direct material from the surroundings to be taken up by the cell and degraded, In the degradation of bone tissue, the receptor uPARAP plays a central role.
• D3 dopamine receptor, which plays a vital role in the central nervous system, affecting our movement, cognition and emotion.
It is commonly argued that cholinergic receptors do not respond rapidly enough to be involved in generating theta waves, and therefore that GABAergic and / or glutamatergic signals (Ujfalussy and Kiss, 2006) must play the central role.
These receptors are found throughout the central nervous systems of humans and non-human animals, and play an important role in pain pathways.
AMANTADINE This drug acts to modulate the pain response by antagonizing the N - methyl - d - aspartate (NMDA) receptor and the role they play in central neuronal hyperexcitability (wind up).
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