What Do Opioid Receptors Do?

close up model of brain cell receptor

Simply put: opioids affect the mind and body through a person’s opioid system. The human body produces its own endogenous opioids, which act like hormones that activate the opioid receptors in the brain as part of our natural response to pain or other stimuli. When someone gets exogenous opioids (from outside the body), the drugs […]