Sentences with phrase «same receptors»

In fact, the very same receptor on cells that environmental toxins use for their bad xenobiotic effects is also used by cruciferous vegetables.

One way that a2M might perform this custodial chore is by carrying the bound b amyloid into cells where it can be degraded — a step that requires that it bind to the very same receptor that another protein, called apoE, uses to enter cells.

IGF - 1 (Insulin - like Growth Factor 1) is basically exactly that; it's a hormone that has comparable attributes to insulin and outcomes on the body (it even adheres to the exact same receptors) as insulin, however it is created under totally reverse conditions.

In fact, it's no more than a trigger: our mouths aren't actually being burned, but our brain thinks that we have tasted something scalding because the same receptor that is activated by high temperatures, TRPV1, is activated by the capsaicinoids.

CBD, of course, acts on the body's endocannabinoid system, activating the same receptors as the drug THC.

Marraffa says in large quantities it can activate some of the same receptors as opioids.

The insects rely on the same receptors and the same neural pathway to detect bare ankles and CO2 alike.

Because cannabis binds to the same receptors on sperm as anandamide the drug might cause sperm to swim too soon and exhaust themselves.

Because scientists have discovered that the same receptors that exist on the tongue to taste bitter substances are also found on the smooth muscle of the lungs.

This suggests that other drugs that reduce burst firing could also alleviate depression, whether they act on the same receptors or different ones.

Endocannabinoids, natural compounds in the brain that excite the same receptors as marijuana, influence gender - specific behaviors, according to a study published in November in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA.

Methadone is an inexpensive opioid medication that targets the same receptors in the brain as opioid drugs, but is much longer - lasting than heroin or morphine.

The same receptors for sweetness found in the tongue have also been identified in the intestine.

Now, researchers at the University of Missouri have found the same receptor in plants and believe it to be a vital component in the way plants respond to dangers, including pests, environmental changes and plant wounds.

You need some active molecules, and this tool finds molecules that possess similar binding affinities to the same receptor.

It blocks TAS2R31 and TAS2R43 — the same receptors that saccharin stimulates.

This is because before the pathogens can cause severe disease, they must also pass through the same receptor bottleneck in the immune response, which we can block effectively.»

Memantine acts on the same receptors in the brain as fast - acting ketamine, said Dr. Lisa Monteggia, Professor of Neuroscience.

Indeed, the diversity of T cell receptors generated before birth is known to be lower than in adults, increasing the odds of two unrelated people sharing the same receptor.

One in particular, Erivedge, binds with the same receptors that hedgehogs activate, blocking the cancer development.

Everitt notes that while the drugs used in the current study are experimental, there are several drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that target the same receptors: Dextramethorphan, which is found in many over-the-counter cough suppressants and memantine, a drug approved to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease, are examples.

The synthetic drug, devised by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann in 1938, pings some of the same receptors as the neurotransmitter serotonin, producing powerful changes in consciousness.

«Although our study is in rodents, the same receptors have been shown to impact human stress and drug addiction.

The body also synthesizes endogenous opioids, known as endorphins, which bind to the same receptors and have the same analgesic effects as morphine.

In the 1930s BPA was identified as a potent mimic of estrogen; it could bind to the same receptors throughout the human body as the natural female hormone.

But more recent studies suggest that the same receptor can send multiple missives to different recipients.

If hCoV - EMC used the same receptor, researchers would have a head start in understanding how it spreads and how to stop it — primarily by protecting health care workers.

In addition to producing endorphins, exercising mice produce high levels of anandamide, a neurotransmitter that binds to the same receptors as marijuana's active ingredient.

According to Liang, this proved that DHM works by stopping alcohol from accessing the same receptors.

Endocannabinoids are natural signaling molecules that activate cannabinoid receptors in the brain, the same receptors turned on by the active ingredient in marijuana.

Now, researchers have determined that an unstable chemical in crushed, raw garlic titillates two receptors on nerve cells that trigger pain — the same receptors that are stung by hot peppers and menthol.

More recent evidence has shown that another immune molecule, IL - 34, also binds to the same receptor.

Subsequently, work in the Markou laboratory showed that these compounds had desirable effects on nicotine dependence in animal models, while offering a better side - effect profile than other alternatives under study (full agonists at the same receptors).

One direction is to use drugs already approved to prevent rejection for organ transplant that target the same receptor.

They discovered that rats most likely to self - administer addictive drugs had a particular receptor in the brain that is more responsive than the same receptor in rats least likely to self - administer addictive drugs.

He also worked on the related M2 muscarinic receptor, showing how multiple compounds could bind simultaneously to the same receptor.

Similarly, activation of the same receptor produces ibuprofen's irritating sensation.

But WGA binds to the same receptor sites on these cell walls that insulin does.

Certain compounds in the herb bind to the same receptors in the brain as drugs like Valium.

A xenoestrogens will be recognized by the body as an estrogen, and it will attach to the same receptors as estrogen, like a key fitting one type of lock.

If your brain can't generate and transmit the chemicals that make you feel good, you'll seek the effects from outside sources, and food / booze / drugs plug up the same receptors in the brain as the neurotransmitters should.

When food, especially food containing fructose, is consumed after workouts, it binds to the same receptors as growth hormone and prevents uptake of all the growth hormone the body has made.

Isoflavones can compete with estrogen for the same receptor sites thereby decreasing the health risks of excess estrogen.

If during menopause the body's natural level of estrogen drops, isoflavones can compensate this by binding to the same receptor, thereby easing menopause symptoms as a result.

Apparently vitamin C is structurally similar to glucose and uses the same receptor, but cells preferentially uptake glucose since vitamin C's not going to kill you if left circulating in your bloodstream.

These chemicals cross the blood - brain barrier, enter the brain and bind to the same receptors that bind opiates like morphine and heroin, triggering a mild euphoria.

These fats compete for the same receptor sites in the cells.

Since the cortisones (or more properly, glucocorticoids) are closely related to progesterone in their molecular structure, the theory is that they compete for the same receptor sites on bone - building cells.