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== General function == | == General function == | ||
'''Enkephalins''' were the first reported evidence of endogenous opioids in the brain, by John Hughes and Hans Kosterlitz in 1975 <ref>John Hughes, Terry Smith, Barry Morgan, Linda Fothergill, Purification and properties of enkephalin — The possible endogenous ligand for the morphine receptor, Life Sciences, | '''Enkephalins''' were the first reported evidence of endogenous opioids in the brain, by John Hughes and Hans Kosterlitz in 1975 <ref>John Hughes, Terry Smith, Barry Morgan, Linda Fothergill, Purification and properties of enkephalin — The possible endogenous ligand for the morphine receptor, Life Sciences, | ||