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Social Interaction Is Less Rewarding in Adult Female than in Male Mice
Brain Sciences, 2023 (1) Background: Positive social relationships are essential for mental and physical health. However, not all individuals experience social interaction as a rewarding activity.
Anna E. Granza +5 more
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Morphology and Chemical Messenger Regulation of Echinoderm Muscles
Biology, 2023 The muscular systems of echinoderms play important roles in various physiological and behavioral processes, including feeding, reproduction, movement, respiration, and excretion.
Huachen Liu, Muyan Chen
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021 Background: α-CGRP (alpha-calcitonin gene related peptide) is a cardioprotective neuropeptide. Our recent study demonstrated that the administration of native α-CGRP, using osmotic mini-pumps, protected against transverse aortic constriction (TAC ...
Ambrish Kumar +3 more
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Magnesium-based implants: Beyond fixators
Journal of Orthopaedic Translation, 2017 The mystery behind magnesium-induced bone formation is revealed by linking the neuropeptide(s) from sensory nerves with the osteogenic differentiation of stem cells in the periosteum.
Xiaodan Chen
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Peptide Cotransmitters as Dynamic, Intrinsic Modulators of Network Activity
Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 2018 Neurons can contain both neuropeptides and “classic” small molecule transmitters. Much progress has been made in studies designed to determine the functional significance of this arrangement in experiments conducted in invertebrates and in the vertebrate
Elizabeth C. Cropper +4 more
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Frontiers in Physiology, 2018 The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster possesses approximately 150 brain clock neurons that control circadian behavioral rhythms. Even though individual clock neurons have self-sustaining oscillators, they interact and synchronize with each other through ...
Yuri Fujiwara +7 more
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The Role of Hypothalamic Neuropeptides in Regulation of Liver Functions in Health and Disease
Endocrines, 2023 The communication between brain and peripheral tissues is mediated by neuropeptides that coordinate the functions of each organ with the activities of the entire body in specific environmental conditions.
Anca D. Petrescu +4 more
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Localization and distribution of CCK-8, NPY, Leu-ENK-, and Ghrelin- in the digestive tract of Prochilodus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1836) [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2020 This study describes the histological characteristics and distribution of gastrointestinal tract endocrine cells (ECs) of Prochilodus lineatus (detritivorous fish) using immunohistochemical procedures. The digestive tract of P.
CARLOS E. BARRIOS +4 more
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Neuroimmune Interaction: A Widespread Mutual Regulation and the Weapons for Barrier Organs
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2022 Since the embryo, the nervous system and immune system have been interacting to regulate each other’s development and working together to resist harmful stimuli.
Yan Zhu +11 more
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Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2018 Cocaine use disorder (CUD) is characterized by repeated cycles of drug seeking and drug taking. Currently, there are no available pharmacotherapies to treat CUD, partially due to a lack of a mechanistic understanding of cocaine-evoked alterations in the ...
James M. Kasper +2 more
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