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MeSH Supplementary: circulating opioid factor
Unique ID: C032828
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/C032828
Entry Term(s): CCOPF
Registry Numbers: 0
Heading Mapped to: *Endorphins
Frequency: 2
Note: endogenous opioid factor released into circulation in amounts which vary on a diurnal cycle; crosses blood-brain barrier at spinal level to exert inhibitory effect on transmission specifically in nociceptive pathways at spinal level
Source: Neuroscience 1981;6(10):1935
Date of Entry: 1981/12/30
Revision Date: 2001/03/05

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