beta-Endorphin, an opiate-like peptide, has potent antinociceptive properties when it is
administered directly into the brain and assayed in the the tail-flick, hot-plate, and writhing tests in …

PURPOSE: To report the visual and clinical outcomes of subthreshold diode micropulse (SDM)
laser photocoagulation for chronic idiopathic central serous chorioretinopathy (ICSC) …

Tissue engineering scaffolds have traditionally been static physical structures poorly suited
to mimicking the complex dynamic behavior of in vivo microenvironments. Here we present a …

BACKGROUND: Emotional stress triggers and exacerbates asthma in children. Reducing
anxiety in adults by relaxation-breathing techniques has been shown in clinical trials to …

Waterborne polyurethanes (WBPUs) have attracted increasing attention in a wide range of
industrial applications because of their versatile properties as well as ecofriendly nature. …

The distribution of nitric oxide synthase-immunoreactive neurons was examined in the spinal
cord of rats, mice, cats and squirrel monkeys at the light microscopic level. Some sections …

Abstract Treatment of complex bone defects places a significant burden on the US health
care system. Current strategies for treatment include grafting and stabilization using internal …

An analog of human beta-endorphine with omission of four residues at positions 11, 14, 20,
and 22 has been synthesized. This analog and other synthetic analogs with deletion of a …

Two highly selective μ-opioid receptor agonists, endomorphin-1 and endomorphin-2, have
been identified and postulated to be endogenous μ-opioid receptor ligands. We determined …

Obese mice (C57BL/6J ob/ob) and their lean littermates were studied at various ages from
immediately post weaning until 62 weeks of age, at which time mortality increased markedly. …