β‐Endorphin Is a Potent Inhibitor of Thymidine Incorporation into DNA via μ and κ‐Opioid Receptors in Fetal Rat Brain Cell Aggregates in Culture

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 765-767

  Barg, Jacob ^a,b   Belcheva, Mariana ^a   McHale, Robert ^a   Levy, Rivka ^b   Vogel, Zvi ^b   Coscia, Carmine J ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brain development; DNA synthesis; Enkephalins; Opioid peptides; Opioid receptors; Endorphin

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; DNA; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; THYMIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL AGGREGATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; DOSE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMAL; BETA-ENDORPHIN; BRAIN; CELL AGGREGATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; ENKEPHALIN, D-PENICILLAMINE (2,5)-; ENKEPHALIN, LEUCINE-2-ALANINE; ENKEPHALINS; FETUS; KINETICS; RATS; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, KAPPA; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM;

EID: 0027475394     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1993.tb03214.x     Document Type: Article

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