Integrated Wellness · Research education
Science, in plain language.
A working vocabulary for better questions. Explore 51 terms from amino acids to evidence quality.
4 terms
- Agonist
- A molecule that activates a receptor, mimicking the body's natural signal. An antagonist blocks it instead.
- Ghrelin / GH secretagogue
- Ghrelin is the 'hunger hormone'. Its receptor also triggers growth hormone release; drugs that act on it are called GH secretagogues.
- Melanocortin receptors
- A receptor family controlling skin pigment, appetite, inflammation and sexual arousal.
- Receptor
- A protein on or inside a cell that binds a signal. Depending on the molecule and receptor, binding can activate, block or modify a response.
Definitions simplify scientific concepts; their meaning can vary by study context. They do not establish that a molecule has a clinical benefit.
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