The muscle that is contracting is called the agonist and the muscle that is relaxing or lengthening is called the antagonist. Key fact One way to remember which muscle is the agonist – it's the ...

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a reduction in the ability of the truncated derivatives to inhibit the efficacy of each of the agonists was noted and led the authors to suggest a mechanistic explanation for the partial agonism ...

Estrogen agonists/antagonists are compounds with tissue-selective actions. The pharmacological goal of these compounds is to produce beneficial estrogenic actions in certain tissues (e.g., bone ...

The effectiveness of BP 897 in reducing cocaine-seeking behavior also highlights the promise of partial agonists for treatment of cocaine addiction. Because partial agonists or antagonists have ...

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) medications for weight loss are significantly transforming the fiel ...

All of this research associated with static stretching evaluated performance in the agonist musculature. The co-activity of the antagonist muscles, on the other hand, is also important when an ...