This feel-good molecule, called
beta-endorphin, may explain why some people seem addicted to tanning.
Mentioned mechanisms (antidiuretic effects, suppression of spontaneous contractions of circular smooth muscle fibers in the urinary tract system, and stimulating the release of
beta-endorphins by the hypothalamus) were considered reasonable causes for effective role of desmopressin in our study.
Enhanced analgesia occurs through other central nervous system components such as the opioid peptide producing neurones resulting in the production of
beta-endorphin and its derivatives.
[88] measured cerebralspinal fluid (CSF) levels of
beta-endorphin, an opioid hormone, in 19 Japanese children (17 boys, 2 girls, mean age 4.23 years, range 2.00-6.42) with typical infantile autism (ASD).
Norepinephrine, adrenocorticotropin, cortisol and
beta-endorphin in women suffering from fear of labor: Responses to the cold pressor test during and after pregnancy.
Effect of sex steroids on
beta-endorphin in hypophyseal portal blood.
So, sweet preference or "sugar addiction" may be a compensatory behavior for a latent or deficient
beta-endorphin system.
Beta-endorphin, Metenkephalin and corresponding opioid receptors within synovium of patients with joint trauma, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Characterization of the effects of acute ethanol administration on the release of
beta-endorphin peptides by the rat hypothalamus.
Borzenkov et al., "The Additive Synthesis of a Regulatory Peptide in Vivo: The Administration of a Vaccinal Francisella tularensis Strain That Produces
Beta-Endorphin," Biull Eksp Biol Med, August 1993.
The main groups of opioid peptides, enkephalins, dynorphins and
beta-endorphin, are derived from proenkephalin, prodynorphin and proopiomelanocortin, respectively (20).
Beta-endorphin and stress hormones in patients affected by osteoarthritis undergoing thermal mud therapy.