or enkephaline (ɛnˈkɛfəlɪn), encephalin or encephaline (ɛnˈsɛfəlɪn)
noun
a chemical occurring in the brain, having effects similar to those of morphine
See also endorphin
Examples of 'encephalin' in a sentence
encephalin
The most important are endorphins, met- and leu-encephalin and dinorphin produced both in hypothalamus and pituitary gland.
Radivoj Jadrić, İrfan Zulić, Sabaheta Hasić, Emina Kiseljaković, Belma Zečević, JovanRadovanović, Emina Ićindić-Nakaš, Mira Winterhalter-Jadrić 2004, 'Trazodone influence on rat sera beta-endorphins level', Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Scienceshttp://www.bjbms.org/ojs/index.php/bjbms/article/view/3411. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)