The role of endogenous opioid peptides in the regulation of the menstrual cycle
Michel Ferin
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Michel Ferin
Abstract
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.
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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.
Key concepts: Menstrual cycle, Endogeny, Opioid peptide, Endogenous opioid, Opioid, Primate, Endorphins, Medicine