RECEPTORS AND TRANSMISSION OF
THE INFORMATION
 Four main types of receptors
Ligand-gated ion channels-ionotropic receptors
G-protein-coupled receptors – metabotropic
receptors
Kinase linked receptors
Nuclear receptors
 Main types of responses
 Heterogeneity of receptors
 Techniques of study
 Characterization of the interactions between ligands
   and receptors
2003-2004