Sentences with phrase «regulate pain receptors»

If nothing works, a headache specialist may recommend an antidepressant to regulate pain receptors.

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The series of receptors regulates pain, mood, the immune system, memory, appetite, stress, and other important functions.

«Opioids have both analgesic and rewarding effects and they have these effects through mu opioid receptors and these receptors are expressed in pain terminals in the spinal cord and in areas of the brain that regulate pain but are also expressed in areas that regulate reward and a sense of pleasure,» Boyle said, referring to cells found in a person's central nervous system that bind to naturally occurring opioid compounds and reduce pain and make people feel much better.

The researchers attached these entry keys to PNAs designed to shut down expression of a test gene — the galanin receptor gene, which binds a protein, galanin, that helps regulate everything from pain perception to food intake.

«The capacity to regulate an opioid receptor by means of light will make it possible to obtain new insights into the mode of action of this eminently important class of receptors, and could offer a route to novel treatments of chronic pain syndromes,» he adds.

These receptors release feelings of relaxation which helps regulate mood, pain, sleeping habits, inflammation and many other benefits.

Neurotransmitters work with receptors in the brain to influence and regulate a wide range of processes such as mental performance, emotions, pain response and energy levels.

It works by blocking the action of substance P, found in the highest concentration in the emetic center.11 Substance P is a neuropeptide that helps regulate mood, anxiety, stress, respiratory rhythm, pain, nausea, and vomiting.11 The receptor for substance P is NK1.11 NK1 receptors are found in both the CRTZ and the emetic center.11 When substance P binds to the NK1 receptor, vomiting occurs.12 Blocking the binding of substance P to NK1 receptors interrupts vomiting stimuli.