Met- and Leu-enkephalin immunoreactivity in separate neurones

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

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Medicine, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology +13

Endogenous opioid peptides: multiple agonists and receptors

John A.H. Lord, Angela A. Waterfield, John Hughes et al. · Nature · 1977 · 2.5K citations

Medicine, Pharmacology, Neuroendocrinology +9

Immunohistochemical localization of enkephalin in rat brain and spinal cord

Madhabananda Sar, Walter E. Stumpf, Richard J. Miller et al. · The Journal of Comparative Neurology · 1978 · 818 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +14

Immunohistochemical studies using antibodies to leucine-enkephalin: Initial observations on the nervous system of the rat

R. Elde, Tomas Hökfelt, O. Johansson et al. · Neuroscience · 1976 · 774 citations

Medicine, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +9

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