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. 1992 Mar;55(3):357-9.
doi: 10.1159/000126137.

Autoradiographic evidence of opioid binding sites in rat growth plate chondrocytes

M Freire-Garabal  1 , M T Castaño, A Belmonte, J Jorge, J Couceiro, M J Núñez
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Autoradiographic evidence of opioid binding sites in rat growth plate chondrocytes

M Freire-Garabal et al. Neuroendocrinology. 1992 Mar.

Abstract

After 125I-beta-endorphin was intravenously injected in rats, an autoradiographic study of distal femur growth plates was performed. Results show a specific binding of the radiolabelled peptide to chondrocytes suggesting the possible existence of an opiate modulation of growth plate physiology.

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