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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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Broader (2)

Endogenous OpiatesNeurotransmitter Agents

Narrower (15)

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

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Review
2016
Review
2016
Neurobiology of addiction: a neurocircuitry analysis.
Review
2009
Review
2009
Reward processing by the opioid system in the brain.
The opioid system consists of three receptors, mu, delta, and kappa, which are activated by endogenous opioid peptides processed… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Biobehavioral responses to stress in females: tend-and-befriend, not fight-or-flight.
The human stress response has been characterized, both physiologically and behaviorally, as "fight-or-flight." Although fight-or… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
Endogenous opioid systems and alcohol addiction
  • A. Herz
  • Psychopharmacology
  • 1997
  • Corpus ID: 10191288
Abstract Alcohol exerts numerous pharmacological effects through its interaction with various neurotransmitters and… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
A brief history of opiates, opioid peptides, and opioid receptors.
  • M. Brownstein
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
  • 1993
  • Corpus ID: 39443072
It is hard to decide when and where the opium poppy was first cultivated. It may have been grown for its seeds before people… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Cloning of a delta opioid receptor by functional expression.
Opiate drugs have potent analgesic and addictive properties. These drugs interact with receptors that also mediate the response… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
Drugs of abuse: anatomy, pharmacology and function of reward pathways.
  • G. Koob
  • Trends in pharmacological sciences
  • 1992
  • Corpus ID: 4171008
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
The Effects of Opioid Peptides on Dopamine Release in the Nucleus Accumbens: An In Vivo Microdialysis Study
Abstract: An involvement of the mesolimbic dopamine (DA) system in mediating the motivational effects of opioids has been… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Dynorphin-(1-13), an extraordinarily potent opioid peptide.
We describe the opioid properties of a tridecapeptide, the sequence of which corresponds to the NH2-terminal sequence of… 
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… 
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