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Second, the neutral rate is endogenous to economic policy. — Kevin Warsh, WSJ, "The Fault Lies in R-Star and in Ourselves," 25 Sep. 2018 Now research suggests these endogenous opioids also play another role: helping regulate the body's energy balance. — Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, "Even Unpalatable Foods Taste Good to the Brain," 1 Dec. 2017 Lauri Nummenmaa, a brain-imaging scientist at the University of Turku in Finland, and his colleagues measured endogenous opioid release in the brains of 10 healthy men. — Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, "Even Unpalatable Foods Taste Good to the Brain," 1 Dec. 2017 Running releases brain chemicals like endorphins and endogenous cannabinoids that can help relieve physical pain and emotional stress. — Rachel Tavel, SELF, "How Mourning Runs Have Helped Me Grieve My Dad’s Death," 8 Apr. 2018 Liking or pleasure comes from endogenous opioids [opioids our bodies naturally produce], and dopamine instead does reinforcement and motivation and learning. — Angela Chen, The Verge, "Please stop calling dopamine the ‘pleasure chemical’," 27 Mar. 2018 And in lab experiments, these porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERVs) tended to leap from pig to human cells. — Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine, "Pig Cells That Won’t Go Retro," 24 Jan. 2018 Nevertheless, the discovery of this endogenous cannabinoid system has revolutionized weed science. — Yardena Schwartz, Newsweek, "The Outsourcing of American Marijuana Research," 17 Dec. 2015 During a fasted state your body relies on endogenous sources of energy, such as fat and glycogen, as opposed to exogenous sources derived from food. — NBC News, "6 Diet and Fitness Fads You Need to Forget," 3 Nov. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'endogenous.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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