Blood-brain barrier, half-time disappearance, and brain distribution for labeled enkephalin and a potent analog

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1976, Pages 583-589

  Kastin, Abba J ^a   Nissen, Cheryl ^a   Schally, Andrew V ^a   Coy, David H ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Brain; Enkephalin; Iodination; Peptide; Pineal; Pituitary; Tyrosine

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125; METENKEPHALIN; METENKEPHALIN DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE; RADIOISOTOPE;

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG HALF LIFE; ENKEPHALIN H 3; ENKEPHALIN I 125; HYPOPHYSIS; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METENKEPHALIN H 3; PINEAL BODY; RAT; THEORETICAL STUDY; TYROSINE H 3;

ANIMAL; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS STRIATUM; HALF-LIFE; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; RATS; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; TYROSINE;

EID: 0017212835     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0361-9230(76)90085-X     Document Type: Article

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