[Opiate receptors and endogenous morphines: a new approach to the study of the brain]

The paper deals with a range of problems connected with a study of a nature and a function of specific neuronal receptors and endogenous morphines. It is demonstrated that a further development of studies in the given area will be of a principal significance in solving the cardinal problems of psychopharmacology and a search for biological bases of mental diseases. The most perspective ways of studying functional opiate receptors and endogenous morphines in schizophrenia are discussed.