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Opioid Receptor

Known as: Opiate Receptors, Opioids--Receptors, Receptors, Opioid 
Cell membrane proteins that bind opioids and trigger intracellular changes which influence the behavior of cells. The endogenous ligands for opioid… 
National Institutes of Health

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Endogenous OpiatesEndorphinsEnkephalinsIn Blood

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G-Protein-Coupled ReceptorsReceptors, Drugreceptor

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Receptors, Opioid, deltaReceptors, Opioid, kappaReceptors, Opioid, mubenzomorphan receptor

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1987
1987
Reduction of hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance by opiate receptor blockade in the polycystic ovary syndrome with acanthosis nigricans.
We previously reported that circulating beta-endorphin levels are increased in obese hirsute women and that plasma immunoreactive… 
1986
1986
Epidural and Intravenous Sufentanil in the Rat: Analgesia, Opiate Receptor Binding, and Drug Concentrations in Plasma and Brain
Doses of sufentanil (i.e., 0.01, 0.04, 0.16, 0.63, 2.5, 10, and 40 μg/rat) were injected either into the lumbar epidural space or… 
1985
1985
Enkephalins have a direct positive inotropic effect on cultured cardiac myocytes.
Enkephalins have peripheral vascular effects, and enkephalinergic innervation of the heart has been reported. To determine… 
1985
1985
Naloxone-induced secretion of LH in the male Syrian hamster: modulation by photoperiod and gonadal steroids.
The role of endogenous opiates in the regulation of photoperiodically induced testicular regression was studied in the male… 
1984
1984
Age difference in endogenous opiate modulation of short photoperiod-induced testicular regression in golden hamsters.
Effects of age and naloxone on testicular function were studied in golden hamsters exposed to short photoperiods. Subjection of… 
1983
1983
Interaction of peptides and morphine-like narcotic analgesics with specifically labelled mu- and delta-opiate receptor binding sites.
1983
1983
Opiate inhibition of K+-induced TRH release from superfused mediobasal hypothalami in rats.
The effect of morphine and leucine enkephalin on basal and K+-induced TRH release by superfused mediobasal hypothalami in rats… 
1981
1981
Synthesis and stereochemistry of 7-phenyl-2-propionanilidobenzo[a]quinolizidine derivatives. Structural probes of fentanyl analgesics.
The for diastereomers of N-(1,3,4,6,7,11b-hexahydro-7-phenyl-2H-benzo[a]quinolizin-2-yl)-N-phenylpropanamide (7c, 7d, 9c, and 9d… 
1980
1980
Endocrine effect of a methionine-enkephalin derivative (FK 33-824) in man.
The endocrine profile of FK 33-824, 0.5 mg i.m., was determined in comparison with placebo or pretreatment with naloxone, 4 mg i… 
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1978
Highly Cited
1978
The relationship between enkephalin degradation and opiate receptor occupancy.
Enkephalin, a brain peptide with morphine-like activities, is rapidly inactivated by a membrane-associated aminopeptidase present…