receptor
受体,凵者,接受器,凵者的
Definitions
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- : Physiology. an end organ or a group of end organs of sensory or afferent neurons, specialized to be sensitive to stimulating agents, as touch or heat.
- : Cell Biology. any of various specific protein molecules in surface membranes of cells and organelles to which complementary molecules, as hormones, neurotransmitters, antigens, or antibodies, may become bound.
- : the panlike base of a stall shower.
Examples
Modern technology allows one to peek inside the brain, seeing what olfactory receptors activate in response to what odors.
Strong evidence of ACE2 receptors on beta cells could confirm the long-standing suspicion that viruses trigger diabetes.
They contain mutations that appear to enhance the virus’s ability to bind to human receptor cells.
They then tapped synthetic biology to make mosquito odor receptors from scratch using DNA.
Yet like THC, CBG appears to interact directly with the cannabinoid receptors in our brains, making it more effective than CBD — which does not share this mechanism.
Once in the system, it binds with opioid receptor cells that send endorphins shooting through the body.
The Miraculin binds to the sweet receptor in your mouth and makes sour, or acidic foods taste incredibly sweet.
Particular versions of dopamine receptor genes have been associated with higher physical activity and lower body mass index.
But unlike alcohol, Xanax only affects one specific type of brain receptor.
In newborns of depressed or anxious mothers, a 2008 study found, this stress-hormone-receptor gene also tends to be silenced.
But it was several kilometers from the gas receptor end to the people end of the asteroid.
Michael Blades was outside, overseeing the installation of a receptor, when his earplug buzzed.
The observatory's multiple-receptor receiver had been stepped up to maximum amplification.
Within an hour a complete television sending apparatus was placed within the field and a receptor screen set up in the laboratory.
He snapped up, at the bargain price of ten credits, the receptor that Plato offered.