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- noun pharmacology A particular
narcotic painkiller .
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Examples
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University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA. 120 pp. Conry, P.J. (In press) Immobilizing Malayan gaur with etorphine.
Chapter 9 1983
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A biologist identifies a 5-ton bull from a helicopter and darts him with enough etorphine, a potent anaesthetic, to, well, knock out an elephant.
Wired Top Stories Arnie Cooper 2011
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The mu-opioid receptor is activated by several ligands including morphine, etorphine and fentanyl.
Research Blogging - All Topics - English The Curious Wavefunction, The Curious Wavefunction 2010
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While morphine effects phosphorylation of the kinase ERK through activation of PKC (protein kinase C), etorphine also activates ERK but by activation of beta-arrestin.
Research Blogging - All Topics - English The Curious Wavefunction, The Curious Wavefunction 2010
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Morphine causes the phosphorylated ERK to stay in the cytoplasm while etorphine causes the ERK to translocate to the nucleus.
Research Blogging - All Topics - English The Curious Wavefunction, The Curious Wavefunction 2010
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Intrigued again by the problem of the opiate receptor site in Goldstein’s paper, Eric Simon designed an experiment focused on an opiate agonist 1,000-10,000 times more powerful than morphine itself etorphine.
Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991
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Intrigued again by the problem of the opiate receptor site in Goldstein’s paper, Eric Simon designed an experiment focused on an opiate agonist 1,000-10,000 times more powerful than morphine itself etorphine.
Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991
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