endorphinergic

English

Etymology

endorphin +‎ -ergic

Adjective

endorphinergic (comparative more endorphinergic, superlative most endorphinergic)

  1. (biochemistry) Produced or activated by an endorphin.
    • 2015 July 7, Antonietta Santoro et al., “Auricular Acupressure Can Modulate Pain Threshold”, in Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : eCAM‎, volume 2015, DOI:10.1155/2015/457390:
      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.
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