Lecture notes
Agonist and antagonists
- Module
- Medicine
- Institution
- Queens University Belfast (QUB)
Lecture notes of 11 pages for the course Medicine at QUB (Pharmacology)
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AGONISTIANTAGONISTMolecular targets include
PROTEINS Ion channels membrane
transporters
enzymes extracellular proteins receptors
NUCLEIC ACIDS
MISCELLANEOUS Metal ions gastrointestinal contents
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to initiate a cellular response
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mediator on binding courses a onrape
change which stabalises active
form of receptor enhances
interaction with
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mechanism
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doesn't necessarily result in receptor
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Factors that affect size of responseto a receptoragonist
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drug in vicinity of receptor at a
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