REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF METHIONINE-ENKEPHALIN AND BETA-ENDORPHIN-LIKE IMMUNOREACTIVITY IN HUMAN-BRAIN AND PITUITARY

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作者
GRAMSCH, C
HOLLT, V
MEHRAEIN, P
PASI, A
HERZ, A
机构
[1] HANOVER UNIV MED,DEPT NEUROPATHOL,D-3000 HANOVER,FED REP GER
[2] UNIV ZURICH,GERICHTLICH MED INST,CH-8028 ZURICH,SWITZERLAND
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10.1016/0006-8993(79)90332-9
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Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
摘要
Concentrations of methionine-enkephalin- (Met-enkephalin) and β-endorphin immunoreactivities were determined in 33 areas of human brain and pituitary using highly sensitive radioimmunassays with affinity chromatography for the purification of β-endorphin. It was found that they have quite different distribution patterns, suggesting the existence of both endorphins in independent systems in the central nervous system. Determination of Met-enkephalin and immunoreactivities in chronic alcoholics and opiate-dependent subjects revealed no gross changes in comparison to the normal subjects. © 1979.
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