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Cortisol receptor type
Understand the model, recognise it in a stem, separate the look-alikes, then apply it.
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"M for Minimal-cortisol-Mops-it-up" (mineralocorticoid receptor: high affinityHow strongly a drug binds to its receptor.Read more →, so it is already occupied at low basal cortisol) versus "G for Get-stressed" (glucocorticoid receptor, occupied once cortisol surges).