endorphinergic
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]endorphinergic (comparative more endorphinergic, superlative most endorphinergic)
- (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[1], volume 2015, :
- 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.