Agonist

Agonist

A chemically simple, but psychoactively complex drug commonly used in many beverages. Alcohol is a depressant drug with significant liability for abuse and addiction.

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agonist

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

A drug, hormone or transmitter substance that forms a complex with a receptor site that is capable of triggering an active response from a cell.

agonist

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A chemically simple, but psychoactively complex drug commonly used in many beverages. Alcohol is a depressant drug with significant liability for abuse and addiction.

agonist

Medical; Medicine

A substance capable of binding to a molecular target to initiate or enhance a physiological reaction.

agonist

Health care; Cancer treatment

A drug or substance that binds to a receptor inside a cell or on its surface and causes the same action as the substance that normally binds to the receptor.

agonist

Health care; Sleep disorder

Drug that binds to and causes a functional effect identical in quality and quantity to the endogenous ligand.

agonist

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Substance which binds to cell receptors normally responding to a naturally occurring substance and which produces an effect similar to that of the natural substance. Note 1: A ...

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Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Strands of DNA that contain the blueprint of all the molecules that make up our bodies.

nicotine gum, nicotine patch

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Two methods of delivering small amounts of nicotine into the bodies of people who are addicted to nicotine to help them quit smoking cigarettes by preventing nicotine withdrawal.

acute effects

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The short-term effects of a drug. Acute effects are those that people feel shortly after they ingest a drug and are under its influence (e.g., while they are intoxicated).

localization of function

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A principal of brain organization that states that specific places (circuits) in the brain carry out specific functions.

cerebral cortex

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The large, deeply folded outer layers of the brain that make our heads so big. The cortex carries out complex perceptual, cognitive, and motor tasks.

thalamus

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A brain structure that lies between the brain stem and the cortex and acts as a relay to the cortex for almost all sensory inputs and other kinds of information.

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