Muse Treatment Alcohol & Drug Rehab Los Angeles has published a new educational resource that explains how opioid receptors ...

Scientists have known for decades that opioids relieve pain by binding to molecular switches in the brain called mu-opioid (pronounced "mew-opioid") receptors. What they didn't know - until now - was ...

Two different versions of the mu-opioid receptor within a cellular membrane illustrate how the receptor changes its conformation to send a signal into the cell. Scientists captured six high-resolution ...

Experiments reveal that a time-dependent epistatic interaction influences how mice respond to opioids, and that intracellular fibroblast growth factors also influence opioid sensitivity.

Drug discovery is shifting from static snapshots to moving pictures. Instead of inferring how medicines work from end results ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - Researchers from the University of Arizona and the National Center for Wellness and Recovery in Tulsa, Oklahoma, are testing a new molecule that could change the way opioid ...

Dornsife researchers created 3D models of opioids hitting brain receptors, and of naloxone stopping the receptors from activating. (Henry Kofman / Daily Trojan file photo) The opioid crisis has killed ...

Substances that activate adrenaline receptors as opposed to opioid receptors have similar pain-relieving properties to opioids minus the negative side effects. The corresponding study was published in ...

Since the beginning of time, humanity has searched for drugs that can relieve pain without sparking addiction or the other devastating problems tied to opioids. It’s still very early, but a UC ...

Opioid medications offer people relief from debilitating pain, but these drugs are associated with the risk for addiction, miserable withdrawal symptoms and the potential for fatal overdose.