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β-Endorphin in vitro inhibition of striatal dopamine release

A Corrigendum to this article was published on 19 May 1977

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THERE has been considerable recent interest in endogenous peptides as possible analgesic agents since the isolation of a pentapeptide with opiate-like activity (methionine-enkephalin) from porcine brain1. Of particular interest is β-endorphin, isolated from camel pituitary glands2, and now synthesised3. We report here the inhibitory effect in vitro of β-endorphin on striatal dopamine release from the central nervous system (CNS).

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LOH, H., BRASE, D., SAMPATH-KHANNA, S. et al. β-Endorphin in vitro inhibition of striatal dopamine release. Nature 264, 567–568 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/264567a0

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