Perinatal development of the endorphin- and enkephalin- containing systems in the rat brain

Identification of two related pentapeptides from the brain with potent opiate agonist activity

Joel W. Hughes, Terry Smith, H. W. Kosterlitz et al. · Nature · 1975 · 3.8K citations

Medicine, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology +13

Common precursor to corticotropins and endorphins

Richard E. Mains, Betty Eipper, Nicholas Ling · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1977 · 1.1K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Endocrinology +17

The distribution of enkephalin-immunoreactive cell bodies in the rat central nervous system

Tomas Hökfelt, Robert Elde, Lars Terenius et al. · Neuroscience Letters · 1977 · 694 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +7

Neurons containing beta-endorphin in rat brain exist separately from those containing enkephalin: immunocytochemical studies.

F E Bloom, E Battenberg, Jean Rossier et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1978 · 655 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +11

Regional dissociation of beta-endorphin and enkephalin contents in rat brain and pituitary.

Jean Rossier, Therese Vargo, Susan Minick et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1977 · 454 citations · Full text

Medicine, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +13