| Literature DB >> 7089531 |
K Blum, A H Briggs, S F Elston, L DeLallo, P J Sheridan, M Sar.
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Golden Syrian hamsters were placed individually in cages with three drinking bottles--one empty, one containing water, and the third containing water and ethanol. Control hamsters received water only. After 1 year the experimental hamsters showed a significantly lower concentration of leucine-enkephalin-like immunoreactive substance in the basal ganglia than the control hamsters. This finding indicates that the action of ethanol involves endogenous peptidyl opiates.Entities:
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Year: 1982 PMID: 7089531 DOI: 10.1126/science.7089531
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728