Talk:Opioid receptor

message: Should this article really be using Greek symbols without a name? i.e. Mu, Delta, etc.? --Wulf 23:53, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The Greek characters all redirect to what they are here in Wikipedia, so what is the problem? e.g. μ, δ & κ. It doesn't redirect to "micro-" or any other such, all a interested user has to do is click a hyperlinked letter (so we could bracket the letters before what kind of receptor it is such as μ-opioid) or they can cut & paste (ctrl+c / ctrl+v on most windows systems) the character into their Wikipedia search bar and it will reach the proper explanation as simply as (and with about as much computer knowledge needed for) browsing the page itself. 4.255.54.186 (talk) 17:19, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Symbols

message: Although sigma receptors were historically linked to the opioid receptor, modern science has shown that they are unrelated.  A quick Google search will give ample references to justify separating them from opiod receptors.  The distinction between sigma-1 and sigma-2 receptors is pharmacologically defined and they appear to have very different biological roles.  Sigma-2 receptors are believed to play a role in proliferation, since they are over-expressed in many tumor cell lines.  Some sigma- ligands show promise as a anti-cancer agents.  Sigma-1 antagonists can show anti-depressant action. Even though the endogenous ligands for these receptors are unknown, sigma-1 has been sequenced and sigma-1 knockout mice have been generated.  These receptors deserve their own article.TriLAJy 21:33, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sigma receptors are distinct from opiod receptors 

message: THe article explained what these recepters are and what they are called, but it never said how they are important. What do they do? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.41.10.240 (talk) 20:10, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  So what do the recepters do? 

message: As a lay person, I have no idea what any part of this medical article means. Perhaps someone could add a simple summary previous to the article launching into technical details? --Pipedreambomb (talk) 00:28, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Could be simpler... 

message: I actually thought, on my read of March 14 2009, that it wasn't in bad shape now. Compared with lots of others; remember we are trying
to deal with the constantly expanding sum of human knowledge. With the explanation of the notations for receptor types it is way better
than some fields of learning that use the same greek letters to mean completely different things even in the same article.
A "Glossary of Terminology", as is often found in legislation, large contracts and good textbooks can never go astray to declare meanings formally.
When one writes a computer program one declares ones variables and constants at the start, not just for machine readability but for humans trying
to understand. I do think that a glossary of terminology should be accepted best practice in all articles that may be of interest to those without
expertise in the field.  Let's face it, if we are serious about making all knowledge accessible (and I hope we are ) then we must assume that all
articles will be read by non-specialists.Celsius100 (talk) 03:49, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Actually its much better 

message: I thought it had long been established that the linings of the digestive tract, particularly the intestines, contained the largest quantities of opiate receptors in the human body (with greatly proliferated quantities in opiate dependant individuals).
It's been a while since I immersed myself in the research, but I'm almost certain the extensive muscle protraction (smoothing out) of the intestinal walls was shown to be a result of the increased activity in these mu(μ) receptor clusters.  At the time of my study, it was yet to be determined if the constipation seen with most opiate use (therapeautic or otherwise) was a digestive chemical disruption caused by the abnormal receptor activity or the near cessation of muscle activity in the tract (or some combination of the two).K10wnsta (talk) 09:00, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Get In Mah Belly! 

message: Could someone tell us who discovered the opioid receptors and when please. Dtownxxx (talk) 17:52, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. --Tryptofish (talk) 22:19, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  opioid receptor history 

message: I was NOT changing the style ... I was filling in information which was missing/obscured by the format used. --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 18:04, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  citation style 

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