BETA-ENDORPHIN CONCENTRATION IN THE BRAIN OF INTACT AND HYPOPHYSECTOMIZED RATS

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OGAWA, N
PANERAI, AE
LEE, S
FORSBACH, G
HAVLICEK, V
FRIESEN, HG
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10.1016/0024-3205(79)90261-3
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R-3 [医学研究方法]; R3 [基础医学];
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The brain concentration and distribution of β-endorphin immunoreactivity in the brain have been studied in intact and hypophysectomized rats. The results obtained with different methods for killing the animals and extracting β-endorphin are compared. Different methodologies of killing the rat and extracting the brain yield concentrations of β-endorphin which vary ten fold. Consistently the highest concentrations of β-endorphin have been found in the hypothalamus, midbrain and hindbrain. After hypophysectomy major reduction of β-endorphin concentration in the brain was observed. © 1979.
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