β-endorphin modulates a mechanoreceptor
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M. J. Marino; D. C. Wood
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Article
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1993
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Springer
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English
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A series of opiate compounds was tested for their ability to depress the probability that the protozoan Stentor coeruleus would contract in response to mechanical stimulation. Of these 13-endorphin proved to be the most effective. The depressive effect of ~-endorphin is concentration-dependent with