There are two main endocannabinoid receptors: CB1 receptors, which are mostly found in the central nervous system CB2 receptors, which are mostly found in your peripheral nervous system ...

The nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs ... to be discovered and is one of the most important in the central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral nervous system (PNS). ACh is produced ...

Ines Ibañez-Tallon is revealing how an understudied region of the brain plays an outsized role in opioid and nicotine ...

Beijing Tide Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Sino Biopharmaceutical Limited (1177.HK), has achieved a milestone in developing its first-in-class analgesic drug (research ...

The Trump administration has proposed terminating a $56 million annual grant program that distributes naloxone, also known by ...

Figure 1: Generation of mice deficient for Gr in the nervous system. Figure 2: Mice lacking Gr in the nervous system display symptoms characteristic of Cushing syndrome including reduced size ...

The mechanism of action of fentanyl is best described by its agonist interaction with the opioid ... receptor. These sites of interaction are primarily distributed throughout the central nervous ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new drug for the treatment of moderate-to-severe pain that is a ...