Immune cell-derived opioid peptides: Back to the future

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1019-1020

  Sacerdote, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CYTOKINE; ENDORPHIN; ENKEPHALIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OPIATE PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 34748886098     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2007.06.006     Document Type: Note

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