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Endorphins in Mental Health Research

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Table of contents (57 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. Basic Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Localization, Assay and Structure of Endorphins

      1. Distribution and pharmacology of the enkephalins
        • Richard J. Miller, H. Y. Meltzer, V. S. Fang
        Pages 3-16
      2. β-Endorphin: cellular localization, electrophysiological and behavioral effects
        • F. E. Bloom, J. Rossier, E. L. F. Battenberg, A. Bayon, E. French, S. J. Henriksen et al.
        Pages 17-29
      3. Effects of opiates and opioid peptides on motor behaviors: sites and mechanisms of action
        • Agu Pert, Louise A. Dewald, Helen Liao, Carlos Sivit
        Pages 45-61
      4. Mapping of leu-enkephalin-containing axons and cell bodies of the rat forebrain
        • David M. Jacobowitz, Michael A. Silver, William G. Soden
        Pages 62-73
      5. Histochemical localization of the enkephalins
        • George Uhl, Michael J. Kuhar, Robert R. Goodman, Solomon H. Snyder
        Pages 74-83
      6. Participation of [Met5]-enkephalin in the action of antipsychotic drugs
        • J. S. Hong, H.-Y. T. Yang, J. C. Gillin, W. Fratta, E. Costa
        Pages 105-114
      7. A re-evaluation of the opioid peptides present in the central nervous system utilizing microfluorometry
        • Sidney Udenfriend, Menachem Rubinstein, Stanley Stein
        Pages 119-130
  3. Basic Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
    2. Biosynthesis and degradation of endorphins

      1. Metabolic regulation of β-endorphin levels in perspective
        • Neville Marks, Abel Lajtha
        Pages 131-142
      2. Coordinate synthesis and release of corticotropin and endorphin
        • Richard E. Mains, Betty A. Eipper
        Pages 143-157
      3. Biosynthesis and processing of a common precursor to adrenocorticotropin and β-LPH in mouse pituitary cells
        • Edward Herbert, James L. Roberts, Marjorie Phillips, Patricia A. Rosa, Marcia Budarf, Richard G. Allen et al.
        Pages 159-180
      4. Proteolytic processing in the biosynthesis and metabolism of endorphins
        • László Gráf, Ágnes Kenessey, Sándor Bajusz, András Patthy, András Z. Rónai, Ilona Berzétei
        Pages 189-202
      5. Endogenous opioids: cold-induced release from pituitary tissue <i>in vitro</i>; extraction from pituitary and milk
        • Hansjörg Teschemacher, Katharina Csontos, Anton Westenthanner, Viktor Brantl, Wolfgang Kromer
        Pages 203-208

Editors and Affiliations

  • National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, USA

    Earl Usdin

  • National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, USA

    William E. Bunney

  • Rockland Research Center, Orangeburg, USA

    Nathan S. Kline

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Endorphins in Mental Health Research

  • Editors: Earl Usdin, William E. Bunney, Nathan S. Kline

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04015-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The contributors 1979

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-04017-9Published: 01 January 1979

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-04015-5Published: 14 January 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 618

  • Topics: Human Physiology

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