"Endorphins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
One of the three major groups of endogenous opioid peptides. They are large peptides derived from the PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN precursor. The known members of this group are alpha-, beta-, and gamma-endorphin. The term endorphin is also sometimes used to refer to all opioid peptides, but the narrower sense is used here; OPIOID PEPTIDES is used for the broader group.
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D004723
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.400.575.241 D12.776.631.650.575.241
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Endorphins" by people in Profiles.
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Allen DL, Johnson AE, Tempel A, Zukin RS, Luine VN, McEwen BS. Serotonergic lesions decrease mu- and delta-opiate receptor binding in discrete areas of the hypothalamus and in the midbrain central gray. Brain Res. 1993 Oct 22; 625(2):269-75.
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Martinez JL, Schulteis G, Derrick BE, Weinberger SB, Patterson TA, Bennett EL, Rosenzweig MR. Opioid delta receptor involvement in behavioral and neural plasticity. NIDA Res Monogr. 1989; 95:174-9.
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Khorram O, McCann SM. Interaction of alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone with beta-endorphin to influence anterior pituitary hormone secretion in the female rat. Endocrinology. 1986 Sep; 119(3):1071-5.
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Allen DL, Renner KJ, Luine VN. Naltrexone facilitation of sexual receptivity in the rat. Horm Behav. 1985 Mar; 19(1):98-103.