Enkephalin-related peptides: Direct action on the octopus heart

Structure of a Molluscan Cardioexcitatory Neuropeptide

David A. Price, Michael J. Greenberg · Science · 1977 · 1.1K citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Neuroscience +14

Dynorphin-(1-13), an extraordinarily potent opioid peptide.

Alan Goldstein, Shizuko Tachibana, Louise I. Lowney et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1979 · 870 citations · Full text

Medicine, Neurobiology, Pharmacology +15

Isolation of the opioid heptapeptide Met-enkephalin [Arg6,Phe7] from bovine adrenal medullary granules and striatum.

A S Stern, Randolph V. Lewis, Sadao Kimura et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1979 · 250 citations · Full text

Medicine, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +13

α-Neo-endorphin: A “big” leu-enkephalin with potent opiate activity from porcine hypothalami

Kenji Kangawa, Hisayuki Matsuo, Masao Igarashi · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 1979 · 227 citations

Medicine, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +16

Immunocytochemical identification of neural elements in the central nervous systems of a snail, some insects, a fish, and a mammal with an antiserum to the molluscan cardio-excitatory tetrapeptide FMRF-amide

H. H. Boer, L.P.C. Schot, Jan A. Veenstra et al. · Cell and Tissue Research · 1980 · 214 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +12