Opiate receptors: enkephalins and endorphins.

Journal article

Opiate receptors in the central nervous system may be classified according to pharmacological, behavioural, or binding studies. Classical mu-receptors probably have beta-endorphin as an endogenous ligand, and seem to be involved in the modulation of pain perception, low-frequency acupuncture analgesia, and the stimulation of prolactin, growth hormone and thyroid-stimulating hormone release. Met-enkephalin is likely to be an endogenous ligand for the delta-receptors, which predominate in the b...

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Authors: Grossman, A; Clement-Jones, V

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Clinics in endocrinology and metabolism
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 31-56
• Publication date: 1983-03-01
• DOI: 10.1016/S0300-595X(83)80028-0
• ISSN: 0300-595X
• Language: English
• Keywords: Acupuncture Therapy; Brain Diseases; Mental Disorders; Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; Respiration; Pain; Prolactin; Neoplasms; Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System; Humans; Growth Hormone; Enkephalins; Thyrotropin; Endorphins; Receptors, Opioid