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High-frequency stimulation-induced peptide release synchronizes arcuate kisspeptin neurons and excites GnRH neurons

open access: yeseLife, 2016
Kisspeptin (Kiss1) and neurokinin B (NKB) neurocircuits are essential for pubertal development and fertility. Kisspeptin neurons in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (Kiss1ARH) co-express Kiss1, NKB, dynorphin and glutamate and are postulated to provide ...
Jian Qiu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Functional Characterization of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Associated Dynorphin A Mutant Peptides

open access: yesBiomedicines, 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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Dynorphin and the pathophysiology of drug addiction [PDF]

open access: yesPharmacology & Therapeutics, 2007
Drug addiction is a chronic relapsing disease in which drug administration becomes the primary stimulus that drives behavior regardless of the adverse consequence that may ensue. As drug use becomes more compulsive, motivation for natural rewards that normally drive behavior decreases. The discontinuation of drug use is associated with somatic signs of
T S, Shippenberg, A, Zapata, V I, Chefer
openaire   +2 more sources

Cocaine Reduces the Neuronal Population While Upregulating Dopamine D2-Receptor-Expressing Neurons in Brain Reward Regions: Sex-Effects

open access: yesFrontiers in Pharmacology, 2021
Addiction to cocaine is associated with dysfunction of the dopamine mesocortical system including impaired dopamine-2 receptor (D2r) signaling. However, the effects of chronic cocaine on neuronal adaptations in this system have not been systematically ...
Kevin Clare   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Increased bradykinesia in Parkinson’s disease with increased movement complexity: elbow flexion-extension movements [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The present research investigates factors contributing to bradykinesia in the control of simple and complex voluntary limb movement in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients.
Geelen, J.A.G.   +3 more
core   +4 more sources

The role of BDNF/TrkB signaling in acute amphetamine-induced locomotor activity and opioid peptide gene expression in the rat dorsal striatum

open access: yesFrontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 2011
Exposure to psychostimulants increases brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) mRNA and protein levels in the cerebral cortex and subcortical structures.
Jacqueline F McGinty   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Avian opioid peptides: evolutionary considerations, functional roles and a challenge to address critical questions

open access: yesFrontiers 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
doaj   +1 more source

Endogenous dynorphin protects against neurotoxin-elicited nigrostriatal dopaminergic neuron damage and motor deficits in mice

open access: yesJournal of Neuroinflammation, 2012
Background The striato-nigral projecting pathway contains the highest concentrations of dynorphin in the brain. The functional role of this opioid peptide in the regulation of mesencephalic dopaminergic (DAergic) neurons is not clear.
Wang Qingshan   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mechanism and site of action of big dynorphin on ASIC1a

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019
Significance Neuropeptides such as big dynorphin (BigDyn) play important roles in the slow modulation of fast neurotransmission, which is mediated by membrane-embedded receptors.
Christian B. Borg   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

On the G-protein-coupled receptor heteromers and their allosteric receptor-receptor interactions in the central nervous system: focus on their role in pain modulation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The modulatory role of allosteric receptor-receptor interactions in the pain pathways of the Central Nervous System and the peripheral nociceptors has become of increasing interest.
Agnati, Luigi F   +6 more
core   +3 more sources

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