Endorphins ("endogenous morphine") are endogenous opioid neuropeptides. They are produced by the central nervous system and the pituitary gland. The term implies a pharmacological activity (analogous to the activity of the corticosteroid category of biochemicals) as opposed to a specific chemical formulation. It consists of two parts: endo- and -orphin; these are short forms of the words endogenous and morphine, intended to mean "a morphine-like substance originating from within the body". The class of endorphin compounds includes α-endorphin, β-endorphin, γ-endorphin, α-neo-endorphin, and β-neo-endorphin. The principal function of endorphins is to inhibit the transmission of pain signals; they may also produce a feeling of euphoria very similar to that produced by other opioids.
Opioid neuropeptides were first discovered in 1974 by two independent groups of investigators:
Endorphin is the stage name of Eric Chapus (born ca. 1962, Saint-Tropez, France), an electronic act and music teacher. Since 1984 he has lived in Australia originally at Kuranda, where he started his musical career. He has released six studio albums, Embrace (1998), Skin (1999), AM:PM (2001), Seduction (2003), Shake It... (2004) and Soon After Silence (2007). At the ARIA Music Awards of 1998 Embrace was nominated for Best Dance Release. Skin reached No. 32 on the ARIA Albums Chart and at the related ARIA awards ceremony he was nominated for Best Male Artist. Endorphin teaches courses in Composition and Music Production at the Australian Institute of Music.
Eric Chapus who performs as Endorphin was born in ca. 1962 and raised in Saint-Tropez, France. His parents separated when he was ten and at 13 he went to live with his father in Goa, India. He later recalled "I thought he was the coolest thing... he introduced me to lots of drugs at 13. We were living in the streets, living like beggars. It was really an eye-opener. We buried our passports and lived for one year like total vagrants. We took a lot of drugs, smoked a lot of hash and I had a bad experience with LSD."
Endorphins are opioid neuropeptides in humans.
Endorphin may also refer to:
caught in a dark and sterile world
life fading like an withered leaf
lonley like an empty lake
I'm walking through the fields
now the black coldness reaches me, too
merciless and against my will
thougths on the edge of madness
picture of unimaginable force
and I see my own heart getting harder and colder
Endorphin deadens my senses, more and more
my blood boils with rage, full of euphoria
I feel this power in the air
in the transport of night
in the transport of time
something deep takes over the domination
the force is stronger than me
ecstasy is spreading
I can 't control my mind
In a state of total isolation
the suffering decides my behaviour
the common sense is cut off - like pale tissue
the bloodlust begins
bizarre pictures rotating wild
a black shape is eating my interiour
cold light catches myself
and I break her body into two
the awakening is cruel
I don't know, what's happening to me
My fingers are stained with blood
the guilt stains red on my hands
the shouts of the father
so yelling and agonizing
probe into my brain
I'd like to change
but Endorphin deadens my senses
Nothing can stop me
Endorphin
Nothing can stop me
Endorphin I'm falling deep, deep
Endorphin
sharp metal penetrates the frame
blood streams, slides into the dark nothing
thoughts are running, dropping
the elixir of life clots
the fight slowly
a thread of gloom and pain breaks
sucked out, but full of dreams