Distribution of β-endorphin and related peptides in the hypothalamus and pituitary

Identification of two related pentapeptides from the brain with potent opiate agonist activity

1975 • 3,780 citations

β-Endorphin and Adrenocorticotropin Are Selected Concomitantly by the Pituitary Gland

1977 • 1,426 citations

Neurons containing beta-endorphin in rat brain exist separately from those containing enkephalin: immunocytochemical studies.

1978 • 656 citations

Adrenocorticotropin in Rat Brain: Immunocytochemical Localization in Cells and Axons

1978 • 340 citations

Behavioral Neurochemistry: Neuroregulators and Behavioral States

1978 • 333 citations

Endorphins are located in the intermediate and anterior lobes of the pituitary gland, not in the neurohypophysis

1977 • 273 citations

β-ENDORPHIN AND ADRENOCORTICOTROPIN ARE SECRETED CONCOMITANTLY BY THE PITUITARY GLAND

1978 • 242 citations

Differential effects of protein-modifying reagents on receptor binding of opiate agonists and antagonists.

1975 • 237 citations

beta-Lipotropin: localization of cells and axons in rat brain by immunocytochemistry.

1977 • 236 citations

Isolation, primary structure, and synthesis of α-endorphin and γ-endorphin, two peptides of hypothalamic-hypophysial origin with morphinomimetic activity

1976 • 216 citations

Immunohistochemical Localization of β-Lipotropic Hormone in the Pituitary Gland

1977 • 215 citations

Analysis of the common precursor to corticotropin and endorphin

1978 • 199 citations

Adrenocorticotrophic and melanocyte-stimulating peptides in the human pituitary

1974 • 171 citations

Biosynthesis of beta-endorphin from beta-lipotropin and a larger molecular weight precursor in rat pars intermedia.

1978 • 157 citations

Isolation and characterization of the opioid peptides from rat pituitary: beta-endorphin.

1977 • 151 citations

Primary structure of human β-lipotropin

1976 • 141 citations

beta-Lipotropin is the major opioid-like peptide of human pituitary and rat pars distalis: lack of significant beta-endorphin.

1978 • 118 citations

Differential effects of protein-modifying reagents on receptor binding of opiate agonists and antagonists.

1975 • 111 citations

Characterization of pro-opiocortin, a precursor to opioid peptides and corticotropin.

1978 • 102 citations

ACTH and related peptides: structure, regulation, and action.

1977 • 71 citations

Pituitary somatotrophs contain [Met]enkephalin-like immunoreactivity.

1978 • 66 citations

Isolation and characterization of the opioid peptides from rat pituitary: beta-lipotropin.

1977 • 62 citations