Endorphins at Medical Drugs Glossary

What is Endorphins? Endogenous opiates having morphine-like effects consisting of small polypeptides such as enkephalin and leu-enkephalin and longer polypeptides such as alpha-, ?, and gamma-endorphins. They bind to opiate receptors in the brain. Endorphins induce analgesi

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