opiate receptors

o·pi·ate re·cep·tors

regions of the brain that have the capacity to bind morphine; some, along the aqueduct of Sylvius and in the center median, are in areas related to pain, but others, as in the striatum, are not related.

o·pi·ate re·cep·tors

(ō'pē-ăt rĕ-sep'tŏrz) Regions of the brain that have the capacity to bind morphine; some, along the aqueduct of Sylvius and in the centromedian nucleus, are in areas related to pain, but others, as in the striatum, are not related.

o·pi·ate re·cep·tors

(ō'pē-ăt rĕ-sep'tŏrz) Brain regions with capacity to bind morphine.