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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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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Isolation of dermenkephalin from amphibian skin, a high‐affinity (δ‐selective opioid heptapeptide containing a D‐amino acid residue
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Increased levels of Met-enkephalin-like immunoreactivity in the spinal cord CSF of rats with adrenal medullary transplants
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Adrenal medullary tissue transplants in the rat spinal cord reduce pain sensitivity
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Co-localization of neuropeptide Y, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide and dynorphin in non-noradrenergic axons of the guinea pig uterine artery
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Epileptiform effects of met-enkephalin, β-endorphin and morphine: Kindling of generalized seizures and potentiation of epileptiform effects by handling
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Co-existence of unrelated peptides in oxytocin and vasopressin terminals of rat neurohypophyses: Immunoreactive methionine5-enkephalin-, leucine5- enkephalin- and cholecystokinin-like substances
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
FMRFamide neuropeptides simultaneously increase and decrease K+ currents in an identified neurone
Phe-Met-Arg-Phe-NH2, or FMRFamide, discovered in ganglia of the clam Macrocallista nimbosa1 has potent cardio-stimulatory… 
Review
1979
Review
1979
CNS effects of peripherally administered brain peptides.
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Enkephalin effects on release of brain acetylcholine
MORPHINE and other narcotic analgesics depress the spontaneous release of acetylcholine (ACh) from the rat cerebral cortex in… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Synthesis and opioid activities of stereoisomers and other D-amino acid analogs of methionine-enkephalin.
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