They permanently bond to neurotransmitters in the brain, interfering with their ability to function and causing irreversible damage.
and the serotonin receptor-and these happened to be positioned very close together, which suggested that the drug was acting on both at the same time.
the team blocked the activity of a specific type of serotonin receptor-called 5ht2ar-in the brains of mice,
"These animals, lacking the serotonin receptor, showed differences only in the memory and mood tests-not in the pain tests,
if they can mimic the same serotonin receptor-blocking effect they achieved in the mice.
Mccormick calls this effect a"Chinese wall"that sits between the serotonin and cannabinoid receptors, and thinks it could be the key to medical marijuana without the negative side effects."
a drug that does not recognise the THC cannabinoid receptor when near serotonin, or alternatively a drug you could add with THC that would provide that Chinese wall between the two,
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