Receptors
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The pups of nurturing moms turned out less sensitive to stress because their brains developed more cortisol
receptors
, which stick to cortisol and dampen the stress response.
More example sentences with word receptors
They are coupled to light
receptors
similar to the ones in your eyes.
But because this individual lacks
receptors
to hear that testosterone, the body doesn't react to the testosterone.
And I can with all honesty look her in the eye and say, "Because our pheromones matched our olfactory receptors."
By seven months of gestation, the fetus' taste buds are fully developed, and its olfactory receptors, which allow it to smell, are functioning.
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