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Medical Definition of Dynorphins

1. A class of opioid peptides including dynorphin a, dynorphin b, and smaller fragments of these peptides. Dynorphins prefer kappa-opioid receptors (receptors, opioid, kappa) and have been shown to play a role as central nervous system transmitters. Chemical name: Dynorphin (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dynorphins

Literary usage of Dynorphins

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Drug Abuse and Drug Abuse Research (1991): The Third Triennial Report to edited by MaryLouise Embrey, Christine R. Hartel (1999)
"After specific opiate receptors and endogenous opioids (enkephalins, dynorphins, and endorphins) were discovered and first characterized in the ..."

2. The Neuroscience of Mental Health: A Report on Neuroscience Research edited by Stephen H. Koslow (1997)
"... Bradykinin Cholecystokinin Corticotropin-releasing factor dynorphins Endothelin Enkephalins Galanin Gonadotropin-releasing hormone Growth hormone Growth ..."

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