The endogenous opioid system of the brain consists of several neurotransmitters that bind in different ways to 3 different G-protein coupled receptors, called the delta (δ), mu (μ), and kappa (κ) receptors. These 3 receptors are localised to subtly different parts of the brain, and have different physiological effects.1,2

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