The role of endogenous opioid peptides in the regulation of the menstrual cycle.
This brief review, which is solely based on research performed in our laboratory in a non-human primate model, examines the central role which endogenous opioid peptides, principally beta-endorphin, may exert in the physiology and pathology of the menstrual cycle.
Ferin
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Institute of Reproductive Sciences, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032.
D000818:Animals; D004723:Endorphins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000378:metabolism; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008597:Menstrual Cycle
D004723:Endorphins; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones