Inhibitory role of opioid peptides in th
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Kotegawa, Takeru; Abe, Tamae; Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi
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Article
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1997
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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We have recently isolated three opioid peptides, i.e., Met-and Leu-enkephalins and Met-enkephalin-Arg 6 -Phe 7 , from the avian brain. Furthermore, electrophysiological studies have shown that the dominant effect of these enkephalins on preoptic and hypothalamic neurons is an inhibition of neuronal