endorphin

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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 also been discussed as a possible explanation in nearly every exercise-depression literature review.”