endorphin
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
endorphin (plural endorphins)
- (biochemistry) Any of a group of peptide hormones found in the brain that act as neurotransmitters and have properties similar to morphine.
- 2019, Curt L. Lox, Kathleen A. Martin Ginis, Heather L. Gainforth, Steven J. Petruzzello, The Psychology of Exercise: Integrating Theory and Practice, Routledge (ISBN 9781000011999)
- The explanation for the depression-reducing effects of exercise that clearly has been the most popular with the media is the endorphin hypothesis (see Hoffmann, 1997), which has also been discussed as a possible explanation in nearly every excercise-depression literature review.
- 2019, Curt L. Lox, Kathleen A. Martin Ginis, Heather L. Gainforth, Steven J. Petruzzello, The Psychology of Exercise: Integrating Theory and Practice, Routledge (ISBN 9781000011999)
- French: endorphine
- German: Endorphin
- Italian: endorfina
- Portuguese: endorfina
- Russian: эндорфи́н
- Spanish: endorfina
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