Modulation of the mesolimbic dopaminergic system by β-endorphin-(1-27) as assessed by microdialysis

Opposite effects of mu and kappa opiate agonists on dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens and in the dorsal caudate of freely moving rats.

1988 • 913 citations

Amphetamine, cocaine, phencyclidine and nomifensine increase extracellular dopamine concentrations preferentially in the nucleus accumbens of freely moving rats

1989 • 562 citations

The Effects of Opioid Peptides on Dopamine Release in the Nucleus Accumbens: An In Vivo Microdialysis Study

1990 • 539 citations

Attenuation of heroin reward in rats by disruption of the mesolimbic dopamine system

1983 • 309 citations

Evidence that the aversive effects of opioid antagonists and ?-agonists are centrally mediated

1989 • 193 citations

Place preference conditioning reveals the involvement of D1-dopamine receptors in the motivational properties of μ- and κ-opioid agonists

1987 • 189 citations

Distribution of active and inactive forms of endorphins in rat pituitary and brain.

1979 • 168 citations

Turnover of acid dopamine metabolites in striatal and mesolimbic tissue of the rat brain

1976 • 160 citations

Opiate binding properties of naturally occurring N- and C-Terminus modified beta-endorphins

1981 • 148 citations

Pharmacological characterization of the epsilon-opiate receptor.

1981 • 133 citations

Characterization of pro-ACTH/endorphin-derived peptides in rat hypothalamus

1986 • 115 citations

Aversive properties of naloxone in non-dependent (naive) rats may involve blockade of central ?-endorphin

1985 • 88 citations

β-ENDORPHIN AND RELATED PEPTIDES IN PITUITARY, BRAIN, PANCREAS AND ANTRUM

1983 • 87 citations

Molecular and Cellular Aspects of the Drug Addictions

1989 • 79 citations

Identification of the opiosd receptor types mediating β-endorphin-induced alterations in dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens

1990 • 76 citations

β-Endorphin-(1–27) antagonizes β-endorphin- but not morphine-, D-PEN2-D-PEN2-enkephalin- and U50, 488H-induced analgesia in mice

1988 • 74 citations

Depression of Morphine-seeking Behaviour by Dopamine Inhibition

1974 • 67 citations

Intracerebral dialysis: Direct evidence for the utility of 3-MT measurements as an index of dopamine release

1987 • 56 citations

Stimulation of insulin secretion by beta-endorphins (I-27 & I-31)

1987 • 50 citations

Rapid Postmortem Increase in Extracellular Dopamine in the Rat Brain as Assessed by Brain Microdialysis

1988 • 44 citations

Predicting the biologically conformations of short polypeptides

1989 • 44 citations

?-Endorphin-(1-27) is a naturally occurring antagonist of the reinforcing effects of opioids

1988 • 43 citations

Neurochemical Aspects of Addiction: Opioids and Other Drugs of Abuse

1989 • 37 citations

Regional heterogeneity in the processing of pro-opiomelanocortin in rat brain

1983 • 32 citations

The multiple site β-endorphin receptor

1983 • 32 citations

Beta-endorphin-(1–27) antagonizes beta-endorphin-induced hypothermia in mice

1987 • 28 citations

Release and synthesis rates of catecholamines in hypothalamic, limbic and midbrain structures following intraventricular injection of β-endorphin in male rats

1981 • 21 citations

Modulation of mesolimbic dopaminergic projections by beta-endorphin in the rat

1989 • 20 citations

β‐Endorphin‐(1–27) inhibits the spinal beta‐endorphin‐induced release of Met‐enkephalin

1986 • 15 citations

Motivational Effects of Opioids: Neurochemical and Neuroanatomical Substrates

1991 • 11 citations

Use of <sup>125</sup>I-Tyr<sup>27</sup> β-Endorphin for the Study of β-Endorphin Binding Sites in Rat Cortex

1986 • 10 citations

The β-endorphin-induced secretion of growth hormone but not of prolactin is inhibited by an endogenous opioid antagonist

1986 • 7 citations