Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Either of two closely related pentapeptides having opiate qualities and occurring in the brain, spinal cord, and other parts of the body.
Wiktionary
- n. biochemistry Any of a group of pentapeptide endorphins that have opiate-like effects
WordNet 3.0
- n. an endorphin having opiate qualities that occurs in the brain and spinal cord and elsewhere
Etymologies
- Greek enkephalos, in the head (en-, in; see en in Indo-European roots + kephalē, head; see ghebh-el- in Indo-European roots) + -in. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The principal objection came from Hughes and Kosterlitz, who preferred the term enkephalin.”
“Although the effects of alcohol and TIQs on the brain appear to be similar to that of enkephalin, that is, they activate opiate receptors, it is probable that other neurotransmitters and other receptors are involved as well.”
“The activating enzymes are members of a class called enkephalin convertase.”
“One of the milestones in the history of neuroscience research was the discovery of 'enkephalin' by John Hughes and Hans Kosterlitz.”
“William Frey II, a biochemist at the St Paul-Ramsey Medical Center in Minneapolis, found that tears aren't just salt water; they contain leucine enkephalin, an endorphin that modulates pain, and hormones such as prolactin and adrenocorticotropic hormone, released at times of stress.”
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“Increasing of the enkephalin supply by direct administration of enkephalins reduces voluntary alcohol intake in alcohol-preferring animals.”
“Some work that I had done with Maurice Hirst suggested that alcohol or TIQs bind preferentially to enkephalin receptors rather than morphine receptors.”
“We then sacrificed the remaining alcohol-free animals—10 from Jackson, and 10 from Simonson—and checked the level of methionine enkephalin in whole brain samples.”
“Protecting enkephalin supplies by preventing their destruction by enkephalinase reduces voluntary alcohol intake in alcohol-preferring animals.”
“The alcohol-drinking Jackson animals had significantly less enkephalin in the brain than the Simonson animals.27”
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Drugs
Takes 12-15 years and $800 million to bring a drug to the market. For every 10,000 compounds that go through animal studies, 10 will go to human trials (3 phases) to get 1 to the market.
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words
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Petits Fours of Random Palavery
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It's "Just" Hormonal...
A list of human hormones
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