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Opioid Peptide

Known as: opiate peptide, Peptide, Opioid, Opioid Peptides 
The endogenous peptides with opiate-like activity. The three major classes currently recognized are the ENKEPHALINS, the DYNORPHINS, and the… 
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Endogenous OpiatesNeurotransmitter Agents

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EndorphinsFE 200666UFP-102cyclo(tyrosyl-ornithyl-phenylalanyl-aspartamide)
In BloodOpiate AlkaloidsOpioid ReceptorProcess of secretion

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Review
2004
Review
2004
Opioid receptors and their ligands.
This review gives a historical perspective, summarizing approximately 25 years of research on opioids. The "typical" opioid… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Sustained potentiation of NMDA receptor-mediated glutamate responses through activation of protein kinase C by a μ opioid
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Optimization of differential immunogold-silver and peroxidase labeling with maintenance of ultrastructure in brain sections before plastic embedding
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Opioid peptides mediate the suppressive effect of stress on natural killer cell cytotoxicity.
The cytotoxic activity of natural killer cells was investigated in rats subjected to one of two inescapable footshock stress… 
Review
1983
Review
1983
Opioid modulation of appetite
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Opioid peptides may excite hippocampal pyramidal neurons by inhibiting adjacent inhibitory interneurons.
The atypical excitation by opiates and opioid peptides of hippocampal pyramidal cells can be antagonized by iontophoresis of… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Enkephalin-like immunoreactivity in gland cells and nerve terminals of the adrenal medulla
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Endogenous opioid peptides: multiple agonists and receptors
Opioid peptides were assayed by inhibition of 3H-naloxone and 3H-leu-enkephalin binding in brain homogenates and by depression of… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Opioid peptide enkephalin: immunohistochemical mapping in rat central nervous system.
Using specific antisera to methionine-enkephalin and leucine-enkephalin, we have visualized apparent enkephalin-containing… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Stress-induced parallel changes in central opioid levels and pain responsiveness in the rat
THE isolation and identification of endogenous opiate-like peptides from mammalian brain1,2, and from pituitary3–5 has led to an… 
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