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dynorphins

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dynorphins
a family of endogenous opioid peptides.


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Research suggests that this response is mediated by the stress-evoked release of dynorphins, the "feel bad" brain signals.
Goldstein, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, is a neuroscientist who is credited for the discovery of the dynorphins and whose research also includes laboratory studies on opioid receptors; Huda Akil, Ph.
One possibility is that alcohol may increase or decrease the release and the synthesis of endogenous opioid peptides - endorphins, enkephalins and dynorphins - in distinct brain regions important for drug addiction.
 
 
 
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