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The effects of footshock stress on regional brain dopamine metabolism and pituitary [beta]-endorphin release in rats previously sensitized to amphetamine
(Elsevier, 1987-07)
The repeated intermittent administration of amphetamine (AMP) produces an enduring enhancement in the response of dopamine (DA) systems in the brain to a subsequent "challenge" with amphetamine. However, former amphetamine ...
Enkephalinase: Selective inhibitors and partial characterization
(Elsevier, 1980)
There are at least two types of enzymes in brain, endopeptidases and aminopeptidases, which metabolize enkephalins. Evidence is presented to suggest that enkephalinase, an endopeptidase cleaving at the Gly-Phe bond, is ...
A sensitive coupled HPLC/RIA technique for separation of endorphins: Multiple forms of B-endorphin in rat pituitary intermediate vs. anterior lobe
(Elsevier, 1981-08)
A technique is described which couples High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) to radioimmuno assays (RIA), thus achieving high sensitivity with good specificity. This method allows the separation and detection of ...
Strategies for studying opioid peptide regulation at the gene, message and protein levels
(Elsevier, 1984)
Three opioid peptide precursors have been isolated and characterized in endocrine and nervous tissue: pro-opiomelanocortin, pro-enkephalin, and pro-dynorphin. Since each of those opioid peptide systems have been extensively ...
Short-Term Adrenalectomy Increases Glucocorticoid and Mineralocorticoid Receptor mRNA in Selective Areas of the Developing Hippocampus
(Elsevier, 1993-10)
In the central nervous system, adrenal steroids bind to two different types of corticosteroid receptors: glucocorticoid (GR) or mineralocorticoid (MR). In vitro biochemical and autoradiographic techniques have been used ...
The preferential release of beta-endorphin from the anterior pituitary lobe by Corticotropin Releasing Factor (CRF)
(Elsevier, 1986)
Although a number of investigators have shown that release of ACTH is accompanied by the release of Beta-endorphin ([beta]-End) and Beta-lipotropin ([beta]-LPH), the proportion of the latter two peptides released with ...
Steady state levels of pro-dynorphin-related end products in the striatum and substantia nigra of the adult rhesus monkey
(Elsevier, 1985)
Analysis of an acid extract of the striatum of the rhesus monkey revealed that the molar ratio of dynorphin A(1-8)-sized material and dynorphin (A(1-17)-sized material is approximately 1:1. In addition, the molar ratios ...
Paradoxical effect of corticosteroids on pituitary ACTH/[beta]-endorphin release in stressed animals
(Elsevier, 1988)
We have previously demonstrated a number of changes in the anterior lobe proopiomelanocortin (POMC) system in chronically stressed rats. The purpose of the present experiments was to investigate whether chronically stressed ...
Behavioral effects of dynorphin1-13 in the mouse and rat: Initial observations
(Elsevier, 1980)
Dynorphin is a recently identified, pharmacologically potent endogenous opioid peptide. Heretofore it has not been characterized for its behavioral effects. The effects of centrally infused dynorphin upon a variety of ...
[D-Ala2,(F5)Phe4]-dynorphin1-13-NH2 (DAFPHEDYN): A potent analog of dynorphin 1-13
(Elsevier, 1987)
Intracerebroventricular administration of the dynorphin analog, [D-Ala2,(F5)Phe4]-dynorphin1-13-NH2 (DAFPHEDYN) in rats produced diuresis and profound analgesia. Both effects were antagonized by central administration of ...