title: [Plasma beta-endorphins under the effect of pain stimulus. Preliminary report].
abstract: Using a diagnostic kit N.E.N. (USA) the authors investigated beta-endorphin-like immunoreactivity in the plasma of young, healthy subjects. It was found that the level of beta-endorphin determined in this way in 10 subjects ranged from 15 to 120 pgml-1 and showed relatively constant values in two determinations carried out at an interval of one hour. Psychological tests showed that subjects with low beta-endorphin level had a low neuroticism index and extra-version, while in the subjects with high beta-endorphin level the neuroticism index was high and introversion features were more prevalent. After application of a painful stimulus (ischaemic test) the level of beta-endorphin changed in most subjects increasing or decreasing. The comparison of the differences in the levels of beta-endorphin immediately before and after the test for pain tolerance suggests that the higher was this difference the lower was pain tolerance and conversely.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001132:Arm / Q000294:innervation; D004723:Endorphins / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009619:Nociceptors / Q000502:physiology; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D004723:Endorphins
vernacular_title: Zachowanie sie osoczowej beta-endorfiny u ludzi pod wpływem bodzca bólowego. Doniesienie wstepne.