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What is an agonism?

What is an agonism? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Competitive struggle (especially political)
  2. (biochemistry) The relationship between an agonist and a receptor
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These include purinergic receptor antagonism, TRP channel antagonism, cannabinoid receptor agonism, melatonin modulation and apoptosis-inducing agents.
Inhibition of dopamine release via 5HT2A receptor agonism has been supported by radioreceptor labeling and positron emission tomography scans.
Studies have clearly demonstrated that key therapies in the acute attack of migraine share the common pharmacologic activity of serotonin receptor agonism.
It has a unique profile with two mechanisms of action, combining mu-opioid receptor agonism and noradrenaline reuptake inhibition properties in a single molecule.
Pharmacologically, it is characterized by the constitutive activity of the ligand-free receptor, and by the inverse, partial, and full agonism due to the bound ligand.
Aside from a few brief chases, I saw no agonism among mated birds.

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