Meanings of kappa opioid in inglés

Roth had indicated that Salvinorin A, the mind-altering molecule, activates a class of signal-sending proteins called kappa opioid receptors.

In addition, data suggest that peripheral and spinal delta and kappa opioid receptors are important when nociceptive behaviors are established.

Willmore and her team trained rats to recognize the sensations caused by a well-understood drug that targets kappa opioid receptors.

These findings suggest that in the rat gastrointestinal tract, mu and kappa opioid receptors may directly influence neuronal and interstitial cell activity.

The present study extended these findings to guinea pigs, a species known to have a kappa opioid receptor profile similar to that of humans.

When transiently expressed in COS-7 cells this receptor did not bind any of the typical mu, delta or kappa opioid receptor ligands with high affinity.

Its deduced amino acid sequence is 47% identical overall to the mu, delta and kappa opioid receptors and 64% identical in the putative transmembrane domains.