The preferential degradation, rather than recycling, of internalized ____ opioid receptors following endocytosis leads to a loss of these receptors, which is believed to result in the development of opioid tolerance

a. sigma (?)
b. mu (?)
c. delta (?)
d. kappa (?)
e. ORL1


Answer: C

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