Morphine

Morphine

1) What are endorphins and when were they discovered? Write out the structures of some of these compounds.

2) How do they function in our bodies? What are opiate receptor sites?

3) What is morphine and when was it discovered? Is it still cultivated today? Where?

4) How is it similar to endorphins? Do they both work on the same parts of the nervous system? Explain in detail.

5) Discuss other compounds such as heroin, methadone and codeine and their connection with endorphins. When was methadone developed? Why was it developed?

6) Discuss addiction with these compounds. What takes place at the molecular level?

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