title: Beta-endorphin: regional levels profile in the brain of the human infant.
abstract: Immunoradiometrical determinations of beta-endorphin (beta-EP) levels in 29 discrete brain regions from a series of victims of "Sudden Infant Death Syndrome" yielded a uniformly low levels profile in various areas of telencephalon, thalamus, pons, cerebellum and medulla oblongata. This low levels profile was interrupted by intermediate and high beta-EP levels in the midbrain and in two diencephalic zones. This study provides, for the first time, a comprehensive, neurochemically determined regional profile of beta-EP levels in the brain of the human infant.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pasi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mehraein
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jehle
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Traub
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Morniroli
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bär
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kopp
mesh_terms: D001923:Brain Chemistry; D004027:Diencephalon / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000737:chemistry; D008636:Mesencephalon / Q000737:chemistry; D009928:Organ Specificity; D011149:Pons / Q000737:chemistry; D013398:Sudden Infant Death; D013687:Telencephalon / Q000737:chemistry; D001615:beta-Endorphin / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D001615:beta-Endorphin