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Stress-induced reinstatement of nicotine preference requires dynorphin/kappa opioid activity in the basolateral amygdala [PDF]
, 2016 UNLABELLED: The dynorphin (DYN)/kappa-opioid receptor (KOR) system plays a conserved role in stress-induced reinstatement of drug seeking for prototypical substances of abuse.
Bruchas, Michael R +4 more
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PLoS ONE, 2009 Stress is a complex human experience and having both rewarding and aversive motivational properties. The adverse effects of stress are well documented, yet many of underlying mechanisms remain unclear and controversial. Here we report that the anxiogenic
Michael R Bruchas +3 more
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Involvement of the Opioid Peptide Family in Cancer Progression
Biomedicines, 2023 Peptides mediate cancer progression favoring the mitogenesis, migration, and invasion of tumor cells, promoting metastasis and anti-apoptotic mechanisms, and facilitating angiogenesis/lymphangiogenesis.
Manuel Lisardo Sánchez +2 more
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Membrane leakage induced by dynorphins
FEBS Letters, 2006 Dynorphins, endogeneous opioid peptides, function as ligands to the opioid kappa receptors and induce non‐opioid excitotoxic effects. Here we show that big dynorphin and dynorphin A, but not dynorphin B, cause leakage effects in large unilamellar phospholipid vesicles (LUVs).
Vladana Vukojević +3 more
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Functional Characterization of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Associated Dynorphin A Mutant Peptides
Biomedicines, 2021 Mutations in the prodynorphin gene (PDYN) are associated with the development of spinocerebellar ataxia type 23 (SCA23). Pathogenic missense mutations are localized predominantly in the PDYN region coding for the dynorphin A (DynA) neuropeptide and lead ...
Andreas Lieb +6 more
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Estradiol treatment prevents injury induced enhancement in spinal cord dynorphin expression.
Frontiers in Physiology, 2012 Administration of the ovarian steroid estradiol in male and female animals has been shown to have neuromodulatory and neuroprotective effects in a variety of experimental models. In the present study, spinal tissues from dermatomes just above (T5-7, at
Daya S. Gupta, Charles H. Hubscher
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Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 2022 Physical activity (PA) is a non-invasive, cost-effective means of reducing chronic disease. Most US citizens fail to meet PA guidelines, and individuals experiencing chronic stress are less likely to be physically active.
Kolter B. Grigsby +5 more
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2016 Aconitines, including bulleyaconitine A, probably the most bioactive and abundant alkaloids in Aconitum plant, are a group of diester C19-diterpenoid alkaloids with one acetylester group attached to C8 of the diterpenoid skeleton and one benzoylester ...
Teng-Fei Li, Yong-Xiang Wang, Nian Gong
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Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 The present review considers the putative hormonal opioid peptides in birds. In birds and all other vertebrates, there are four opioid related genes encoding a series of peptides.
Krystyna Pierzchała-Koziec +1 more
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The Role of the Brain in the Pathogenesis and Physiology of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). [PDF]
, 2019 Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common reproductive endocrine disorder, affecting at least 10% of women of reproductive age. PCOS is typically characterized by the presence of at least two of the three cardinal features of hyperandrogenemia (high ...
Coutinho, Eulalia A +1 more
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