This article is heavily inspired by the book “Explain Pain Supercharger” written by G. Lorimer Moseley and Davis S. Butler The biopsychosocial model to explain chronic pain This model takes into account the individual as
Definition Opioid receptors are receptors located in the cell membrane coupled with G proteins having as ligand an opioid (derived from the word opium) endogenous or exogenous. Description There are 4 subtypes of opioid receptors:
Definition An endorphin (from the abbreviation endogenous morphine) is a , that is to say a [ tooltip title=”A peptide is a polymer of amino acids linked together by peptide bonds”]peptide[/tooltip] acting as a neurotransmitter,