Receptors, Opioid, kappa

"Receptors, Opioid, kappa" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A class of opioid receptors recognized by its pharmacological profile. Kappa opioid receptors bind dynorphins with a higher affinity than endorphins which are themselves preferred to enkephalins.

Descriptor ID	D017473
MeSH Number(s)	D12.776.543.750.100.620.400 D12.776.543.750.720.600.610.400 D12.776.543.750.750.555.610.400
Concept/Terms	Receptors, Opioid, kappa Receptors, Opioid, kappa Opioid Receptors, kappa kappa Opioid Receptors Receptors, kappa Opioid Receptors, kappa kappa Receptor Receptor, kappa kappa Receptors kappa Opioid Receptor Opioid Receptor, kappa Receptor, kappa Opioid

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Receptors, Opioid, kappa".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
Proteins [D12.776]
Membrane Proteins [D12.776.543]
Receptors, Cell Surface [D12.776.543.750]
Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled [D12.776.543.750.100]
Receptors, Opioid [D12.776.543.750.100.620]
Receptors, Opioid, kappa [D12.776.543.750.100.620.400]
Receptors, Neurotransmitter [D12.776.543.750.720]
Receptors, Neuropeptide [D12.776.543.750.720.600]
Receptors, Opioid [D12.776.543.750.720.600.610]
Receptors, Opioid, kappa [D12.776.543.750.720.600.610.400]
Receptors, Peptide [D12.776.543.750.750]
Receptors, Neuropeptide [D12.776.543.750.750.555]
Receptors, Opioid [D12.776.543.750.750.555.610]
Receptors, Opioid, kappa [D12.776.543.750.750.555.610.400]

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