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Enkephalinase Activity in Plasma and Cerebrospinal Fluid in Primary Headache

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The distribution in the central and peripheral nervous system of endogenous opioid peptides, enkephalins in particular, and their receptors is an argument in favor of their possible neurotransmitter function [5, 6].

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  1. Maria Grazia Spillantini
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  2. Marcello Fanciullacci
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  1. Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik des Klinikums Großhadern, Ludwig-Maximilian Universität München, Marchioninistraße 15, 8000, München 70, Federal Republic of Germany

    Volker Pfaffenrath

  2. Department of Neurology, University of Uppsala, 75014, Uppsala, Sweden

    Per-Olov Lundberg

  3. Department of Neurology, University of Trondheim, 7000, Trondheim, Norway

    Ottar Sjaastad

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Spillantini, M.G., Fanciullacci, M., Michelacci, S., Baldi, E., Sicuteri, F. (1985). Enkephalinase Activity in Plasma and Cerebrospinal Fluid in Primary Headache. In: Pfaffenrath, V., Lundberg, PO., Sjaastad, O. (eds) Updating in Headache. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-88581-5_42

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