Differential Changes in Expression of Stress- and Metabolic-related Neuropeptides in the Rat Hypothalamus during Morphine Dependence and Withdrawal [PDF]
, 2013 Chronic morphine treatment and naloxone precipitated morphine withdrawal activates stress-related brain circuit and results in significant changes in food intake, body weight gain and energy metabolism.
Ferenczi, Szilamér +6 more
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Echinoderms provide missing link in the evolution of PrRP/sNPF-type neuropeptide signalling
eLife, 2020 Neuropeptide signalling systems comprising peptide ligands and cognate receptors are evolutionarily ancient regulators of physiology and behaviour.
Luis Alfonso Yañez-Guerra +7 more
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Structural basis for ligand recognition of the neuropeptide Y Y2 receptor
Nature Communications, 2021 The human neuropeptide Y receptor Y2 (Y2R) is a drug target for the treatment of obesity and anxiety. Crystal structure of Y2R bound to a selective antagonist and accompanying mutagenesis provide insights into ligand recognition and subtype specificity ...
Tingting Tang +13 more
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Neurobiology of Disease, 2012 We recently demonstrated that recombinant adeno-associated viral vector-induced hippocampal overexpression of neuropeptide Y receptor, Y2, exerts a seizure-suppressant effect in kindling and kainate-induced models of epilepsy in rats.
Casper R. Gøtzsche +8 more
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Platelet lysate-derived neuropeptide y influences migration and angiogenesis of human adipose tissue-derived stromal cells [PDF]
, 2018 Neuropeptide Y (NPY), a powerful neurotransmitter of the central nervous system, is a key regulator of angiogenesis and biology of adipose depots. Intriguingly, its peripheral vascular and angiogenic powerful activity is strictly associated to platelets,
Bordin, Antonella +13 more
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Coordinated RNA-Seq and peptidomics identify neuropeptides and G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) in the large pine weevil Hylobius abietis, a major forestry pest [PDF]
, 2018 Hylobius abietis (Linnaeus), or large pine weevil (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), is a pest of European coniferous forests. In order to gain understanding of the functional physiology of this species, we have assembled a de novo transcriptome of H. abietis,
Davies, Shireen-Anne +7 more
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A Promising Therapeutic Target for Metabolic Diseases: Neuropeptide Y Receptors in Humans
Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry, 2017 Human neuropeptide Y (hNPY) is one of the most widely expressed neurotransmitters in the human central and peripheral nervous systems. It consists of 36 highly conserved amino acid residues, and was first isolated from the porcine hypothalamus in 1982 ...
Min Yi +6 more
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Identification of neuropeptides and neuropeptide receptor genes in Phauda flammans (Walker)
Scientific Reports, 2022 Neuropeptides and neuropeptide receptors are crucial regulators to insect physiological processes. The 21.0 Gb bases were obtained from Illumina sequencing of two libraries representing the female and male heads of Phauda flammans (Walker) (Lepidoptera ...
Hai-Pan Wu +5 more
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Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 2022 Neuropeptides, a diverse class of signaling molecules in the nervous system, modulate various biological effects including membrane excitability, synaptic transmission and synaptogenesis, gene expression, and glial cell architecture and function. To date,
Sanne M. Casello +9 more
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The neuropeptide transcriptome of a model echinoderm, the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus [PDF]
, 2012 The work reported here was supported by a grant from the University of London Central Research ...
Elphick, MR, Rowe, ML
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