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NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR [1 record]

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Record 1 1997-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
CONT

Contrast the way cocaine works with the way heroin works: heroin binds to a neurotransmitter receptor than 100 million years ago. This pathway activates the so-called limbocortical region of the brain.

CONT

Two features rapidly became evident: Firstly, the vast majority of neurotransmitter receptors are encoded by members of only two gene super-families, one encoding the G-protein coupled receptors (GPRs) and the other encoding the subunits of the multimeric ion-channel receptors...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale

Spanish

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