Tests, both in vitro and in vivo, have shown that these analogs are considerably longer acting than any previously studied enkephalins. (science.sciencemag.org)
Forty years ago the late neuroscience pioneer Jaak Panksepp first proposed the now widely accepted hypothesis that our body's naturally produced opioids — endorphins and closely related enkephalins — are critical to the nurturing bonds that develop between parents and offspring and also between monogamous mates in mammals. (scientificamerican.com)
Snyder is a recipient of the 1978 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award for identifying the relation of opiate receptors to naturally - ocurring enkephalins. (laskerfoundation.org)