Opioid secreted from anterior pituitary?
Correct Answer: b endorphin
Description: (A) b endorphin# Pro-opiomelanocortin, a large precursor molecule found in anterior and intermediate lobes of pituitary gland and brain, contains b-endorphin, a polypeptide of 31 AA residues, that has met enkephalin at its amino terminal.> There are separate enkephalin secreting and fi-endorphin secreting systems of neurons in brain.> b-endorphin is also secreted into the bloodstream by pituitary gland.
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