beta-Endorphin
"beta-Endorphin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A 31-amino acid peptide that is the C-terminal fragment of BETA-LIPOTROPIN. It acts on OPIOID RECEPTORS and is an analgesic. Its first four amino acids at the N-terminal are identical to the tetrapeptide sequence of METHIONINE ENKEPHALIN and LEUCINE ENKEPHALIN.
| Descriptor ID |
D001615
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.699.327.935.239 D06.472.699.631.525.600.239 D12.644.400.400.935.239 D12.644.400.575.241.080 D12.644.468.241.080 D12.644.548.365.935.239 D12.644.548.691.525.690.239 D12.776.641.650.405.935.239 D12.776.641.650.575.241.080
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| Concept/Terms |
beta-Endorphin- beta-Endorphin
- beta Endorphin
- beta-Endorphin (1-31)
- Endorphin, beta
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1989 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "beta-Endorphin" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Kim DJ, Blossom SJ, Delgado PL, Carbajal JM, C?ceda R. Examination of pain threshold and neuropeptides in patients with acute suicide risk. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2019 12 20; 95:109705.