OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 38369

endorphin

/ɛnˈdɔːfɪn/
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endorfina
Any of a group of peptide hormones found in the mammalian brain that act as neurotransmitters and have properties similar to morphine.
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 al…
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