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Enkephalins

"Enkephalins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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One of the three major families of endogenous opioid peptides. The enkephalins are pentapeptides that are widespread in the central and peripheral nervous systems and in the adrenal medulla.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Enkephalins" by people in this website by year, and whether "Enkephalins" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 10 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 1999
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