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Distribution of β ‐endorphin in normal and schizophrenic human brains

1979; Wiley; Volume: 9; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1365-2362.1979.tb00899.x

1365-2362

Stafford L. Lightman, Ernest G. Spokes, Giuseppe A. Sagnella, David S. Gordon, Edward D. Bird,

Chemical Synthesis and Analysis

beta-Endorphin was measured by radioimmunoassay in post-mortem human brains. Samples of brain were taken from five discrete areas, both from control brains and brains of schizophrenic patients. No difference in beta-endorphin levels was found in these two groups of brains. beta-Endorphin was confirmed to be widely distributed in the brain, but there were considerable differences in the concentrations in different areas.