Species-Specific Processing of Prodynorphin in the Posterior Pituitary of Mammals*

Structure and Biosynthesis of Pro-Adrenocorticotropin/Endorphin and Related Peptides*

1980 • 859 citations

Cloning and sequence analysis of cDNA for porcine β-neo-endorphin/dynorphin precursor

1982 • 777 citations

Specific receptor for the opioid peptide dynorphin: structure--activity relationships.

1981 • 411 citations

Porcine pituitary dynorphin: complete amino acid sequence of the biologically active heptadecapeptide.

1981 • 390 citations

Dynorphin immunocytochemistry in the rat central nervous system

1982 • 318 citations

Comparison of the Distribution of Dynorphin Systems and Enkephalin Systems in Brain

1982 • 278 citations

Nonopiate Effects of Dynorphin and Des-Tyr-Dynorphin

1982 • 235 citations

A dynorphinergic pathway of Leu-enkephalin production in rat substantia nigra

1984 • 191 citations

Strategies for the biosynthesis of bioactive peptides

1983 • 174 citations

The complete amino acid sequence of α-neo-endorphin

1981 • 153 citations

A specific radioimmunoassay for the novel opioid peptide dynorphin

1980 • 141 citations

Isolation and amino acid sequence analysis of a 4,000-dalton dynorphin from porcine pituitary.

1982 • 137 citations

Processing of Proenkephalin Is Tissue-Specific

1984 • 134 citations

Regional distribution of dynorphin and neo-endorphin peptides in rat brain, spinal cord, and pituitary

1983 • 133 citations

The distribution and morphology of opioid peptide immunoreactive neurons in the cerebral cortex of rats

1984 • 120 citations

Evidence for a Selective Processing of Proenkephalin B into Different Opioid Peptide Forms in Particular Regions of Rat Brain and Pituitary

1984 • 110 citations

Parallel distribution of immunoreactive α-neo-endorphin and dynorphin in rat and human tissue

1982 • 108 citations

A new opioid octapeptide related to dynorphin from porcine hypothalamus

1980 • 104 citations

β-Neo-endorphin, a new hypothalamic “big” Leu-enkephalin of porcine origin: Its purification and the complete amino acid sequence

1981 • 100 citations

Evidence that N-acetylation regulates the behavioral activity of α-MSH in the rat and human central nervous system

1981 • 98 citations

Rimorphin, a unique, naturally occurring [Leu]enkephalin-containing peptide found in association with dynorphin and alpha-neo-endorphin.

1982 • 83 citations

Peptide E and other proenkephalin-derived peptides are potent kappa opiate receptor agonists

1983 • 77 citations

Differential processing of prodynorphin and proenkephalin in specific regions of the rat brain.

1984 • 69 citations

Evidence for the occurrence of the opioid octapeptide dynorphin-(1–8) in the neurointermediate pituitary of rats

1981 • 62 citations

The choice of opiate receptor subtype by neo-endorphins

1982 • 52 citations

Endogenous ligands for κ-opiate receptors

1982 • 47 citations

Proenkephalin B (Prodynorphin)-Derived Opioid Peptides: Evidence for a Differential Processing in Lobes of the Pituitary

1984 • 46 citations

Leumorphin is a novel endogenous opioid peptide derived from preproenkephalin B

1983 • 45 citations

Brain distributions of α-neo-endorphin and β-neo-endorphin: Evidence for regional processing differences

1982 • 43 citations

Dynorphins and leu-enkephalin in brain nuclei and pituitary of WKY and SHR rats

1983 • 43 citations

The Structure and Function of Adrenocorticotropin

1973 • 34 citations

On the Origin of Leu-Enkephalin and Met-Enkephalin in the Rat Neurohypophysis

1985 • 22 citations

Processing of prodynorphin at single and paired basic residues in porcine neurointermediate lobe

1983 • 17 citations

Analysis of opioid and non-opioid end products of pro-dynorphin in the substantia nigra of the rat

1985 • 13 citations

[3H]Dynorphin a binds selectively to guinea pig brain

1983 • 12 citations

Steady state levels of pro-dynorphin-related end products in the striatum and substantia nigra of the adult rhesus monkey

1985 • 11 citations

Immunoreactive peptides related to dynorphin B (=rimorphin) in the rat brain

1983 • 7 citations

Characterization of proenkepahlin B-derived opioid peptides in the human hypothalamo-neurohypophyseal axis

1985 • 6 citations