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Intersection · Pharmacology × long read

Pharmacology topics tagged long read

Topics in Pharmacology carrying the tag long read. Substantial and worth the time.

14 topics

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Receptor desensitisation as a tolerance hypothesis, and its weak evidence
Receptor desensitisation as a tolerance hypothesis, and its weak evidence — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Trying to work out what would count as evidence on receptor…
MAVSOVSKMP+52 57 25k just now
GIP receptor agonism and the argument about direction — does this still hold?
GIP receptor agonism and the argument about direction — does this still hold? — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. A question about GIP receptor agonism…
HMBNSCPWEL+10 14 15k 16h
GLP-1 receptor distribution: central and peripheral
Posting this under the heading it deserves: GLP-1 receptor distribution: central and peripheral Everything below is what sits behind that. I have spent a fortnight trying to pin GLP-1 receptor distribution…
KHBPJNNSNH+90 98 30k 22h
Amylin receptor signalling and satiety — what changed since
On the subject in the title: Amylin receptor signalling and satiety — what changed since Working notes rather than a conclusion. What changes if the standard account of Amylin receptor signalling and satiety…
GCCNRCBPB+73 78 3.5k 2mo
GLP-1 receptor distribution: central and peripheral — one year on
GLP-1 receptor distribution: central and peripheral — one year on — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. An honest uncertainty about GLP-1 receptor distribution rather than a…
GRECSVTTTV+7 11 43k 3mo
Follow-up: Glucagon receptor agonism in a weight-loss compound
Glucagon receptor agonism in a weight-loss compound Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. A follow-up question about Glucagon receptor agonism that I did not know…
AMHNDNLAMD+5 9 21k 7mo
Revisiting: GLP-1 receptor distribution: central and peripheral
Revisiting: GLP-1 receptor distribution: central and peripheral — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. An honest uncertainty about GLP-1 receptor distribution rather than a…
RTHFDTIBRM+61 66 15k 8mo
Follow-up: Why appetite effects are mostly central
Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Why appetite effects are mostly central A follow-up question about appetite effects that I did not know to ask the first time. The earlier thread…
CRRWMHKMN+86 90 61k 9mo
GIP receptor agonism and the argument about direction
GIP receptor agonism and the argument about direction — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A question about GIP receptor agonism that I think has a definite answer, unlike…
ACQZES 2 867 10mo
Vagal afferents and the gut-brain pathway — one year on
Vagal afferents and the gut-brain pathway — one year on Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. An honest uncertainty about Vagal afferents rather than a disguised…
AKTLAW 2 136 11mo
Vagal afferents and the gut-brain pathway
On the subject in the title: Vagal afferents and the gut-brain pathway Working notes rather than a conclusion. Vagal afferents — I have the observation and I do not trust my interpretation of it, so I am…
KRBSKSBCD+5 9 44k 13mo
Why appetite effects are mostly central
Why appetite effects are mostly central I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Appetite effects: what I expected, what I found, and the gap between them. I…
EKHFSB 2 56k 16mo
Biased agonism: a real phenomenon, an over-used explanation
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Biased agonism: a real phenomenon, an over-used explanation Everything below is what sits behind that. Trying to work out what would count as evidence on biased…
HASLFRGTSL+130 135 23k 16mo
Biased agonism: a real phenomenon, an over-used explanation — what changed since
Biased agonism: a real phenomenon, an over-used explanation — what changed since — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. What changes if the standard account of Biased agonism is…
EKJHROKFEK+49 56 47k 17mo