New research found that individuals with anorexia nervosa have elevated opioid neurotransmitter activity, which may ...

Opioids are a class of drugs that “derive from, or mimic, natural substances found in the opium poppy plant”, according to ...

One of the reasons for this dramatic, full-body response is that naloxone binds to opioid receptors all over the body, triggering involvement from organs like the skin and intestines, and not just ...

New research suggests that δ-receptor agonists regulate intestinal motility and relieve abdominal pain in a mouse model of irritable bowel syndrome, potentially offering a novel CNS-targeted ...

On Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new pain management drug which could change the way healthcare ...

The endogenous opioid system, which includes receptors that naturally occurring ... and to lead the way to other new treatments,” explained study author Cheng Jiang, an associate research ...

A study conducted at Turku PET Center in Finland showed that changes in the functioning of opioid neurotransmitters in the ...