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Microelectrodes

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Extremely fine recording electrodes, which are used for intracellular recording

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Membrane potential

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The difference in electrical charge between the inside and outside of the cell

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Resting potential

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The steady membrane potential of a neuron at rest, usually about -70 mV

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Ions

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Positively or negatively charged particles

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Concentration gradients

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Electrostatic pressure

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Ion channels

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Pores in neural membranes through which specific ions pass

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Sodium-potassium pump

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Active transport mechanisms that pump Na+ ions out of neurons and K+ ions in

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Transporters

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Mechanisms in the membrane of a cell that actively transport ions or molecules across the membrane

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Depolarize

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To decrease the resting membrane potential

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Hyperpolarize

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To increase the resting membrane potential

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Excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP)

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Graded post-synaptic depolarizations, which increase the likelihood that an action potential will be generated

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Inhibitory postsynaptic potential (IPSP)

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Graded post-synaptic hyperpolarizations, which decrease the likelihood that an action potential will be generated

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Graded responses

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Responses whose magnitude is indicative of the magnitude of the stimuli that induce them

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Axon hillock

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The conical structure at the junction between the axon and cell body

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Threshold of excitation

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The level of depolarization necessary to generate an action potential, usually about -65 mV

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Action potential

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A massive momentary reversal of a neurons membrane potential from about -70 mV to about +50 mV

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All or none responses

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Responses that are not graded, that either occur to their full extent or not at all

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Integration

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Adding or combining a number of individual signals into one overall signal

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Spatial summation

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The integration of signals that occur at different sites on the neurons membrane

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Temporal summation

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The integration of neural signals that occur at different times at the same synapse

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Voltage-activated ion channels

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Ion channels that open and close in response to changes in the level of the membrane potential

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Rising phase

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Repolarization

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Absolute refractor period

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A brief period (typically 1 to 2 milliseconds) after the initiation of an action potential during which it is impossible to elicit another action potential in the same neuron

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Relative refractory period

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A period after the absolute refractory period during which a higher than normal amount of stimulation is necessary to make a neuron fire

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Nondecremental

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Antidromic conduction

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Axonal conduction opposite to the normal direction; conduction from axon terminals back toward the cell body

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Orthodromic conduction

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Axonal conduction in the normal direction- from the cell body toward the terminal buttons

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Nodes of Ranvier

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The gaps between adjacent myelin segments on an axon

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Saltatory conduction

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Conduction of an action potential from one node of Ranvier to the next along a myelinated axon

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Hodgkin-Huxley Model

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Axodendritic synapses

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Dendritic spines

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Tiny nodules of various shapes that are located on the surfaces of many dendrites and are the site of most excitatory synapses in the mature mammalian brain

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Axosomatic synapses

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Dendrite deistic synapses

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Axoaxonic spines

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Presynaptic facilitation

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Presynaptic inhibition

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Directed synapses

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Synapses at which the site of neurotransmitter release and the site of Neurotransmitter reception are in close proximity

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Non directed synapses

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Synapses at which the site of neurotransmitter release and the site of neurotransmitter reception are not close together

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String of beads synapses

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Neuropeptides

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Short amino acid chains comprising between 3 and 36 amino acids

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Synaptic vesicles

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Small, spherical membranes that store neurotransmitter molecules and release them into the synaptic cleft

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Golgi complex

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Structure in the cell bodies and terminal buttons of neurons that package Neurotransmitters and other molecules in vesicles

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Coexistence

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The presence of more than one neurotransmitter in the same neuron

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Exocytosis

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The process of releasing a neurotransmitter

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Voltage activated calcium channels

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Receptors

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Cells that are specialized to receive chemical, mechanical, or radiant signals from the environment; also proteins that contain binding sites for particular Neurotransmitters

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Ligand

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A molecule that binds to another molecule;

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Receptor subtypes

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The different types of receptors to which a particular neurotransmitter can bind

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Ionotropic receptors

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Receptors that are associated with ligand activated ion channels

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Metabotropic receptors

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Receptors that are associated with signal proteins and G proteins

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G proteins

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Proteins that are located inside neurons (and some other cells) and are attached to metabotropic receptors in the cell membrane

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Second messenger

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A chemical synthesized in a neuron in response to the binding of a neurotransmitter to a metabotropic receptor in its cell membrane

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Autoreceptors

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A type of metabotropic receptor located on the presynaptic membrane and sensitive to a neurons own neurotransmitter

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Reuptake

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The drawing back into the terminal button of neurotransmitter molecules after their release into the synapse; the more common of the two mechanisms for deactivating a released neurotransmitter

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Enzymatic degradation

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The breakdown of chemicals by enzymes- one of the two mechanisms for deactivating released neurotransmitters

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Enzymes

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Proteins that stimulate or inhibit biochemical reactions without being affected by them

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Acetylcholine

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A neurotransmitter that is created by the addition of an acetyl group to a choline molecule

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Acetylcholinesterase

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The enzyme that breaks down neurotransmitter acetylcholine

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Gap junctions

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Narrow spaces between adjacent neurons that are bridged by fine tubular channels containing cytoplasm through which electrical signals and small molecules can pass readily

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Amino acid Neurotransmitters

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A class of small-molecules Neurotransmitters, which included the amino acids glutamate and GABA

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Glutamate

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The brainsost prevalent excitatory neurotransmitter, whose excessive release causes much of the brain damage resulting from cerebral ischemia

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Aspartate

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An amino acid transmitter that is a constituent of many of the proteins that we eat

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Glycine

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An amino acid neurotransmitter that is a constituent of many of the proteins that we eat

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Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)

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The amino acid Neurotransmitter that is synthesized from glutamate; the most prevalent inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammalian nervous system

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Monoamine Neurotransmitters

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Small-molecule Neurotransmitters that are synthesized from monoamines and comprise two classes: catecholamines and indolamines

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Dopamine

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One of the three catecholamine neurotransmitters; dopaminergic neurons are damaged in Parkinson’s disease

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Epinephrine

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One of the three catecholamine neurotransmitters

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Norepinephrine

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One of the three catecholamine Neurotransmitters

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Serotonin

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An indolamine neurotransmitter; the only member of this class of monoamines Neurotransmitters found in the mammalian nervous system

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Catecholamines

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The three monoamine neurotransmitters that are synthesized from the amino acid tyrosine: dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine

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Indolamines

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The class of monoamine Neurotransmitters that are synthesized from tryptophan; serotonin is the only member of this class found in the mammalian nervous system

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Acetylcholine

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A neurotransmitter that is created by the addition of an acetyl group to a choline molecule

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Soluble gas Neurotransmitters

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A class of unconventional neurotransmitters that included nitric oxide and carbon monoxide

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Nitric oxide

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A soluble gas neurotransmitter

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Carbon monoxide

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A soluble gas neurotransmitter

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Retrograde transmission

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Endocannabinoids

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A class of unconventional neurotransmitters that are chemical similar to the active components of marijuana

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Anandamide

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The first endocannabinoid to be discovered and characterized

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Neuropeptides transmitters

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Peptides that function as Neurotransmitters, of which about 100 have been identified

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Pituitary peptides

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One if the five classes of neuropeptides transmitters

It consists of those first identified as hormones released by the pituitary

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Hypothalamic peptides

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One of the five classes of neuropeptide transmitters

It consists of those first identified as hormones released by the hypothalamus

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Brain gut peptides

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One of the five classes of neuropeptide transmitters

Consists of those first discovered in the gut

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Opioid peptides

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One of the five classes of neuropeptide transmitters

It consists of those with a structure similar to the active ingredients of opium

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Miscellaneous peptides

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One of the five classes of neuropeptide transmitters

It consists of those that don’t for into the other four classes

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Agonists

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Drugs that facilitate the effects of a particular neurotransmitter

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Antagonists

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Drugs that inhibit the effects of a particular neurotransmitter

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Receptor blockers

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Antagonistic drugs that bind to postsynaptic receptors without activating them and block the access of the usual neurotransmitter

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Nicotinic receptors

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Muscarinic receptors

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Atropine

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A receptor blockers that exerts an antagonistic effects at muscarinic receptors

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Botox

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Botulinum toxin, which blocks release of acetylcholine at neuromuscular junctions and is used cosmetically to treat wrinkles

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Periaqueductal gray

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The gray matter around the cerebral aqueduct, which contains opiate receptors and activates a descending analgesia circuit

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Endogenous

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Naturally occurring in the body

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Enkephalins

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The first class of endogenous opioids to be discovered

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Endorphins

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A class of endogenous opioids

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