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Opioid Peptides, CRF, and Urocortin in Cerebrospinal Fluid‐Contacting Neurons in Xenopus laevis
Author(s) -
CALLE MARINELLA,
CLAASSEN ILSE E. W. M.,
VEENING JAN G.,
KOZICZ TAMAS,
ROUBOS ERIC W.,
BARENDREGT HENK P.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1327.035
Subject(s) - xenopus , urocortin , cerebrospinal fluid , beta endorphin , endocrinology , medicine , opioid , opioid peptide , chemistry , intrathecal , amphibian , enkephalin , biology , anesthesia , receptor , biochemistry , ecology , gene
A bstract : The presence of the opioids, β‐endorphin, met‐enkephalin, and endomorphin, and of corticotropin‐releasing factor (CRF) and the CRF family member, urocortin (Ucn), is described in cerebrospinal fluid‐contacting neurons in the brain of the amphibian, Xenopus laevis .