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Enkephalins
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Enkephalin
, Enkephalins [Chemical/Ingredient]
One of the three major families of endogenous opioid peptides. The enkephalins are pentapeptides that are widespread in the central and peripheral…
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BW 942C
EK 209
Enkephalin, Leucine
FW 34569
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Broader (3)
Endogenous Opiates
Endorphins
Neurotransmitter Agents
In Blood
Nucleus Raphe Magnus
Opioid Receptor
Peptides
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Review
2008
Review
2008
Evidence for sugar addiction: Behavioral and neurochemical effects of intermittent, excessive sugar intake
N. Avena
,
P. Rada
,
B. Hoebel
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
2008
Corpus ID: 4894373
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Ghrelin, a novel growth hormone-releasing acylated peptide, is synthesized in a distinct endocrine cell type in the gastrointestinal tracts of rats and humans.
Y. Date
,
M. Kojima
,
+6 authors
M. Nakazato
Endocrinology
2000
Corpus ID: 207073317
Ghrelin, a novel GH-releasing acylated peptide, was recently isolated from rat stomach. It stimulated the release of GH from the…
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Replica-exchange molecular dynamics method for protein folding
Y. Sugita
,
Y. Okamoto
1999
Corpus ID: 96206040
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Parallel tempering algorithm for conformational studies of biological molecules
U. Hansmann
1997
Corpus ID: 14137470
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
The delta-opioid receptor: isolation of a cDNA by expression cloning and pharmacological characterization.
B. Kieffer
,
K. Befort
,
C. Gaveriaux-Ruff
,
C. Hirth
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
1994
Corpus ID: 12892912
Abstract A random primed expression cDNA library was constructed from the RNA of NG 108-15 cells. Pools of plasmid DNA were…
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Review
1992
Review
1992
On the significance of subterritories in the “accumbens” part of the rat ventral striatum
D. S. Zahm
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J. S. Brog
Neuroscience
1992
Corpus ID: 23066696
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
D1 and D2 dopamine receptor-regulated gene expression of striatonigral and striatopallidal neurons.
C. Gerfen
,
T. Engber
,
+4 authors
D. Sibley
Science
1990
Corpus ID: 46195338
The striatum, which is the major component of the basal ganglia in the brain, is regulated in part by dopaminergic input from the…
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Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Distribution of dynorphin and enkephalin peptides in the rat brain
J. Fallon
,
F. Leslie
The Journal of comparative neurology
1986
Corpus ID: 6607841
The neuroanatomical distribution of dynorphin B‐like immunoreactivity (DYN‐B) was studied in the adult male and female albino rat…
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Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Endogenous opioid peptides: multiple agonists and receptors
J. Lord
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A. Waterfield
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J. Hughes
,
H. Kosterlitz
Nature
1977
Corpus ID: 4160761
Opioid peptides were assayed by inhibition of 3H-naloxone and 3H-leu-enkephalin binding in brain homogenates and by depression of…
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Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Identification of two related pentapeptides from the brain with potent opiate agonist activity
J. Hughes
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T. Smith
,
H. Kosterlitz
,
L. Fothergill
,
B. Morgan
,
H. Morris
Nature
1975
Corpus ID: 95411
Enkephalin, a natural ligand for opiate receptors is composed of the pentapeptides H–Tyr–Gly–Gly–Phe–Met–OH and H–Tyr–Gly–Gly–Phe…
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