Isolation of Relatively Large Amounts of Endomorphin-1 and Endomorphin-2 From Human Brain Cortex

A potent and selective endogenous agonist for the µ-opiate receptor

James E. Zadina, Laszlo Hackler, Lin-Jun Ge et al. · Nature · 1997 · 1.3K citations

Medicine, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology +12

Isolation of a novel tetrapeptide with opiate and antiopiate activity from human brain cortex: Tyr-Pro-Trp-Gly-NH2 (Tyr-W-MIF-1)

Judit Érchegyi, Abba J. Kastin, James E. Zadina · Peptides · 1992 · 70 citations

Medicine, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +15

Mu, delta, and kappa opiate receptor binding of Tyr-MIF-1 and of Tyr-W-MIF-1, its active fragments, and two potent analogs

J. Zadina, Abba J. Kastin, L.-J. Ge et al. · Life Sciences · 1994 · 54 citations

Medicine, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology +16

Isolation of Tyr-W-MIF-1 from bovine hypothalami

Laszlo Hackler, Abba J. Kastin, J. Érchegyi et al. · Neuropeptides · 1993 · 36 citations

Medicine, Animal Sciences, Endocrinology +8