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Department of Psychology, Hunter College, City University of New York, NY 10021, USA.
The endomorphins are potent and selective endogenous agonists at the mu opioid receptor. We describe here the postnatal ontogeny of endomorphin-2 like immunoreactivity (EM2-LI) in the dorsal horn of the rat medulla and spinal cord. EM2-LI is dense in the superficial lamina of the dorsal horn of the adolescent and adult rat, with fibers also present in skin and dorsal root ganglia. No staining was noted at 3 days of age or younger. Faint and limited staining was noted by 7 days of age. The density and distribution of the immunoreactivity increased with age, reaching an adult-like distribution by 21 days of age. Stress-induced responses mediated by endogenous opioids occur late in development and may be related to the late appearance of endomorphin-2.
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