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CARDIOPROTECTIVE EFFECT OF ENKEPHALINS UNDER IMMOBILIZATION STRESS [PDF]
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the cardioprotective effect of dalargin, a synthetic leu-enkephalin. Methods: The induction of myocardial infarction in rats, which were kept on a diet with excess fat and calcium/sodium salts for ...
І. J. Shcheniavskyi
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Psychostimulant use is a major comorbidity in people living with HIV, which was initially explained by them adopting risky behaviors that facilitate HIV transmission.
María Amparo Assis +2 more
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Chronic pain is undertreated in people with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and better understanding of the underlying mechanisms of chronic pain in this neurodegenerative disease is essential.
Rita Silva +4 more
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Exposure to exogenous enkephalins disrupts reproductive development in the Eastern lubber grasshopper, Romalea microptera (Insecta: Orthoptera). [PDF]
Enkephalins play a major role in reproductive physiology in crustaceans; however their role in reproductive development in insects is largely unknown. We investigated the effect of exposure to exogenous leucine-enkephalin (Leu-Enk), methionine-enkephalin
Sandeep Kumar +4 more
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Background: the pharmacological treatment and/or maintenance of remission in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) is currently one of the biggest challenges in the field of gastroenterology.
Małgorzata Sobocińska +3 more
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The olfactory tubercle (OT) is a striatal region that receives olfactory inputs. mRNAs of prodynorphin (Pdyn) and preproenkephalin (Penk), precursors of dynorphins and enkephalins, respectively, are strongly expressed in the striatum. Both produce opioid
Ayako Maegawa +9 more
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Opioid Receptors in Immune and Glial Cells-Implications for Pain Control [PDF]
Opioid receptors comprise μ (MOP), δ (DOP), κ (KOP), and nociceptin/orphanin FQ (NOP) receptors. Opioids are agonists of MOP, DOP, and KOP receptors, whereas nociceptin/orphanin FQ (N/OFQ) is an agonist of NOP receptors.
Celik, Melih Ö., Machelska, Halina
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The effect of ethanol consumption on the carboxypeptidase E activity on different age rats posterity
Background. The consumption of ethanol by dams strongly effects the offspring’s body, its health both at birth and throughout life. This effect has a particularly strong effect on the functioning of various regulatory systems, in particular ...
A.N. Vernigora, N.V. Volkova
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Background Inflammatory visceral pain is endogenously controlled by enkephalins locally released by mucosal CD4+ T lymphocytes in mice. The present study aimed at identifying opioid receptor(s) expressed on nociceptive sensory nerves involved in this ...
Xavier Mas-Orea +5 more
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Neuroplasticity and Healthy Lifestyle: How Can We Understand This Relationship? [PDF]
Our brain has this extraordinary ability to experience functional and structural changes before environmental stimuli, cognitive demand, or our experience itself. Exercise, diet, an appropriate sleep pattern, and reading habits are among those activities
Begega, Azucena +4 more
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