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Original Article

Abnormal Opiate Receptor Functions in Tourette's Syndrome

Pages 209-214 | Received 06 Oct 1987, Published online: 07 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

Opiates and opioids have been shown to modulate the release of pituitary hormones by acting at the hypothalamic level. Since the identification of the various opiate receptors in the human brain, it has been shown that the endocrine modulation of pituitary release by opiates may be differently affected by the various opiate receptors. Our findings in Tourette's syndrome demonstrate a predominant aberrant muopiate receptor modulation of anterior pituitary hormonal release, and suggest that endorphins and enkephalins are the predominant group of opioids involved in the pathophysiology of the disease.

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