"beta-Endorphin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A 31-amino acid peptide that is the C-terminal fragment of BETA-LIPOTROPIN. It acts on OPIOID RECEPTORS and is an analgesic. Its first four amino acids at the N-terminal are identical to the tetrapeptide sequence of METHIONINE ENKEPHALIN and LEUCINE ENKEPHALIN.
| Descriptor ID |
D001615
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.699.327.935.239 D06.472.699.631.525.600.239 D12.644.400.400.935.239 D12.644.400.575.241.080 D12.644.548.365.935.239 D12.644.548.691.525.690.239 D12.776.631.650.405.935.239 D12.776.631.650.575.241.080
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| Concept/Terms |
beta-Endorphin- beta-Endorphin
- beta Endorphin
- beta-Endorphin (1-31)
- Endorphin, beta
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "beta-Endorphin" by people in Profiles.
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A buried glutamate in the cross-? core renders ?-endorphin fibrils reversible. Nanoscale. 2021 Dec 02; 13(46):19593-19603.
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Beta-endorphin mediates behavioral despair and the effect of ethanol on the tail suspension test in mice. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2010 Jun; 34(6):1066-72.
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Efficacy of progesterone vaginal suppositories in alleviation of nervous symptoms in patients with premenstrual syndrome. J Assist Reprod Genet. 1995 Mar; 12(3):205-9.
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CSF beta-endorphin and dynorphin in bulimia nervosa. Am J Psychiatry. 1992 Aug; 149(8):1086-90.
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Plasma beta-endorphin levels in post-traumatic stress disorder: a preliminary report on response to exercise-induced stress. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 1992; 4(1):59-63.
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CSF opioids in panic disorder. Biol Psychiatry. 1991 Sep 01; 30(5):512-4.
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Neuroendocrine effects of diazepam in normal subjects following brief painful stress. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 1988 Oct; 8(5):331-5.
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A subset of beta-endorphin- or dynorphin-containing neurons in the medial basal hypothalamus accumulates estradiol. Neuroendocrinology. 1985 Nov; 41(5):417-26.
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Peptides in the cerebrospinal fluid of neuropsychiatric patients: an approach to central nervous system peptide function. Life Sci. 1982 Jul 05; 31(1):1-15.
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Endorphins in the cerebrospinal fluid of psychiatric patients. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1982; 398:399-412.