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XB-ART-1911
Ann N Y Acad Sci 2005 Apr 01;1040:249-52. doi: 10.1196/annals.1327.035.
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Opioid peptides, CRF, and urocortin in cerebrospinal fluid-contacting neurons in Xenopus laevis.

Calle M , Claassen IE , Veening JG , Kozicz T , Roubos EW , Barendregt HP .


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The presence of the opioids, beta-endorphin, met-enkephalin, and endomorphin, and of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and the CRF family member, urocortin (Ucn), is described in cerebrospinal fluid-contacting neurons in the brain of the amphibian, Xenopus laevis.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: crh penk pomc ucn