endorphinergic

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adjective

Produced or activated by an endorphin.

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Meanings

adjectiveendorphinergic (comparative more endorphinergic, superlative most endorphinergic)

comparative more endorphinergic · superlative most endorphinergic

  1. biochemistryProduced or activated by an endorphin.
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    The opiate antagonist naloxone blocks both stimulation-produced analgesia from brain stimulation and analgesia from stimulation of acupuncture points, thus suggesting that a descending pain system able to inhibit pain perception can be associated with the endorphinergic pathway in the brain and spinal cord.

    2015 July 7, Antonietta Santoro et al., “Auricular Acupressure Can Modulate Pain Threshold”, in Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : eCAM, volume 2015, →DOI

Origin

From endorphin + -ergic.

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Chicago

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