Changes in thymus size, cellularity and relation between thymocyte subpopulations in young adult rats induced by somatostatin-14.

abstract：:Arginine vasopressin mediates its effects through vasopressin receptor activation and second messenger production. Recent cloning of the V1a receptor provided the opportunity to investigate the possible signal transduction pathways associated with this single vasopressin receptor subtype. When stably expressed in CHO ...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Briley EM,Lolait SJ,Axelrod J,Felder CC

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological and immunological properties of insulin-like material produced by brain cells from 12 day old mice, cultured in serum-free media were examined. Differences were seen in the rate of appearance, relative amounts and behaviour on HPLC between immunoreactive and biologically active insulin-like material. Ex...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Birch NP,Christie DL,Renwick AG

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoid deficiency is associated with a decrease of food intake. Orexigenic peptides, neuropeptide Y (NPY) and agouti related protein (AgRP), and the anorexigenic peptide proopiomelanocortin (POMC), expressed in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus (ARC), are regulated by meal-induced signals. Orexigenic neu...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Uchoa ET,Silva LE,de Castro M,Antunes-Rodrigues J,Elias LL

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptide Y (NPY) -receptor subtypes were studied in the rat kidney in vivo by systemic administration of NPY, the two agonists [Leu(31), Pro(34)]NPY (Y1-receptor agonist) and NPY (13-36) (Y2-receptor agonist), or the Y1-receptor antagonist BIBP 3226. Effects on mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) and renal arterial...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Modin A,Malmström RE,Meister B

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lumbar disc herniation is a common cause of radicular pain, but the mechanism remains ambiguous and the treatment stays unsatisfied. Many studies revealed a traditional Chinese medicine puerarin may moderate chronic pain from diabetes and nerve injury. Thus far, the role and mechanism of puerarin in radicular pain is ...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Zhong Y,Huang YL,Hu YM,Zhu LR,Zhao YS

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is the predominant genetic cause of obesity in humans and is associated with several behavioural phenotypes such as altered motoric function, reduced activity, and learning disabilities. It can include mood instability and, in some cases, psychotic episodes. Recently, the Snord116 gene has ...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Zieba J,Low JK,Purtell L,Qi Y,Campbell L,Herzog H,Karl T

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have measured cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) neuropeptide Y-like immunoreactivity (NPY-LI) and somatostatin-like immunoreactivity (SLI) in control subjects and in patients with various neurologic disorders. We observed a significant reduction in CSF SLI in control subjects over 60 years of age, compared with the younger...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Maeda K,Yasuda M,Kaneda H,Maeda S,Yamadori A

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of FMRFamide on passive avoidance behaviour and electroshock-induced amnesia following intracerebroventricular administration were studied in rats. FMRFamide given immediately after the learning trial, or 20 min before the retention trial, attenuated the avoidance response, thereby impairing the consolidat...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Telegdy G,Bollók I

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chromogranin A (CgA) in plasma (P-CgA), a neuroendocrine marker of sympathetic stress, has been shown to predict mortality in medical intensive care. We hypothesized that the magnitude of CgA release would reflect stress load, and thereby injury severity in burn intensive care patients. METHODS:Fifty-one co...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Lindahl AE,Low A,Stridsberg M,Sjöberg F,Ekselius L,Gerdin B

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several lines of evidence indicate a role for neuropeptide Y (NPY) in the modulation of the corticotroph axis. In two separate studies reported here, the concentrations of NPY and noradrenaline (NA), as well as corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and arginine vasopressin (AVP), were measured in extracts of individual...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Pralong FP,Corder R,Gaillard RC

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently documented the expression of preprothyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) gene in murine, human and rat testis. Moreover, we have localized TRH to rat Leydig cells immunohistochemically, and found that both prepro TRH mRNA and TRH levels are developmentally regulated in the rat testis. To investigate the...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Satoh T,Feng P,Kim UJ,Wilber JF

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In rats anaesthetized with urethane single unit activity was extracellularly recorded in the neostriatum, and several drugs were microiontophoretically ejected. Separate administration of the sulfated octapeptide cholecystokinin (CCK-8S), serotonin (5-HT) or 8-OH-DPAT (a 5-HT(1A/7) receptor agonist) predominantly indu...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Wilms K,Vierig G,Davidowa H

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Procolipase is secreted as a protein consisting of 101 amino acids. In the intestinal lumen, procolipase is activated by trypsin and cleaves to form the active colipase and the pentapeptide from the amino terminus. This pentapeptide is called enterostatin. Pancreatic procolipase synthesis is stimulated by a high-fat d...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Liu M,Shen L,Tso P

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is a 36 amino acid peptide, which among others, plays a pivotal role in stress response. Although previous studies confirmed that NPY release is increased by stress in several species, the exact mechanism of the stress-induced NPY release has not been elucidated yet. In the present study, we exami...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Ko L,Rotoli G,Grignol G,Hu W,Merchenthaler I,Dudas B

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fracture repair is a complex yet well orchestrated regenerative process involving numerous signaling and cell types including osteoblasts. Here we showed that NPY, a neurotransmitter with regulatory functions in bone homeostasis, may contribute to the post-fracture bone healing in patients with traumatic brain injury-...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Gu XC,Zhang XB,Hu B,Zi Y,Li M

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro structure-activity studies with cholecystokinin (CCK)/gastrin-related peptides, including C- and N-terminal fragments of CCK 26-33, were undertaken in guinea pig gallbladder and ileum. The general order of potency in both smooth muscle preparations is CCK 26-33 greater than CCK 1-33 greater than 27-33 much mu...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Gaudreau P,St-Pierre S,Pert CB,Quirion R

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present work was to study the potential involvement of melanocortin system in the anorectic mechanism of fluoxetine, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, in obese Zucker rats. Male obese Zucker (fa/fa) rats were administered fluoxetine (10 mg/kg; i.p.) daily for two weeks. The control group was gi...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Churruca I,Portillo MP,Casis L,Gutiérrez A,Macarulla MT,Echevarría E

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Available data concerning the effect of oxytocin on memory are often inconsistent. In the present study it was found that oxytocin, intracerebroventricularly injected to adult male rats in a dose range of 1 fg-10 ng/rat immediately after a 5-minute encounter with a juvenile, significantly reduces the social investigat...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Benelli A,Bertolini A,Poggioli R,Menozzi B,Basaglia R,Arletti R

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization histochemistry to visualize CGRP and the mRNA encoding the CGRP precursor in the stomach. CGRP is present in nerve fibers in the mucosa. CGRP mRNA and CGRP itself are also found in non-neural cells in the lamina propria. These cells are likely to be macrophag...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Jakab G,Webster HD,Salamon I,Mezey E

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Galanin, a 29 residue peptide found in the hypothalamus, causes orexigenic effects in a variety of species. In the present study, we investigated appetite-associated effects of galanin in chicks from lines which have been selected from a common founder population for either low or high body weight. The low line consis...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Hagen CJ,Newmyer BA,Webster RI,Gilbert ER,Siegel PB,Tachibana T,Cline MA

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of thyroliberin (TRH), a TRH-like tripeptide colon mitosis inhibitor (CMI), a somatostatin analog SMS 201-995 and metoclopramide (dopamine receptor antagonist enhancing prolactin secretion) on rat thymus cell proliferation were investigated. The incorporation of bromodeoxyuridine (BrDU) into thymic cell nu...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Pawlikowski M,Zerek-Mełeń G,Winczyk K

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nociceptin-opioid peptide (NOP) receptor, also known as opioid receptor like-1 (ORL1), was identified following the cloning of the kappa-opioid peptide (KOP) receptor, and the characterization of these receptors revealed high homology. The endogenous ligand of NOP, nociceptin (NOC), which shares high homology to dynor...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Mika J,Obara I,Przewlocka B

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the hot plate test the intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of oxytocin produced a significant decrease in nociception, starting from the dose of 1 microgram/rat. A comparable effect was obtained with 10-200 times higher intraperitoneal (i.p.) doses. The i.c.v. injection of the oxytocin antagonist d(CH2)5-Tyr...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Arletti R,Benelli A,Bertolini A

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since there are conflicting reports regarding the effects of somatostatin (SS) on cyclic AMP levels in astrocytes derived from rat cerebral cortex and, to date, the SS binding to mature astrocytes is unknown, the present study has determined SS binding and its effect on cyclic AMP accumulation in a fresh astrocyte-ric...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Colás B,Arilla E,Prieto JP

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of central (clonazepam, an agonist, and FG 7142, an inverse agonist), mixed (diazepam) or peripheral type (Ro 5-4864) benzodiazepine receptor ligands on the action of TRH on the transmurally stimulated rat duodenum and binding of [3H][3-Me-His2] TRH in the rat anterior pituitary, hypothalamus, cortex and b...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Järvinen A,Paakkari I,Männistö PT

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the latency for tail-flick after thermal stimulation we have assessed the effects of alpha-, gamma(1)- and gamma(2)-MSH on nociceptive threshold in the mice. Intracisternal injections of gamma(2)-MSH induced a distinct analgesia, while gamma(1)-MSH in the same doses gave only a minor analgesia. Intracisternal al...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Klusa V,Germane S,Svirskis S,Opmane B,Wikberg JE

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acid extracts from mouse Neuroblastoma x rat Glioma hybrid cells have been purified by means of Sep-Pak C-18 and fractionated by high performance liquid chromatography. Each fraction has been submitted to a sensitive beta-endorphin radioimmunoassay and an immunoreactivity peak at camel beta-endorphin retention time wa...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Di Marzo V,Etienne A,Marino G,Morris HR,Palmisano A

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study guinea pig, rat and bovine striatal extracts have been shown to contain putative opioid peptide precursors in the molecular weight (Mr) range 2000-greater than 70000. The material eluting greater than 70 kDalton contained bioassayable opioid activity but not Met- or Leu-enkephalin-like immunoreactivities...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Metters KM,Beaumont A,Rossier J,Hughes J

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germline ablation of VGF, a secreted neuronal, neuroendocrine, and endocrine peptide precursor, results in lean, hypermetabolic, and infertile adult mice that are resistant to diet-, lesion-, and genetically-induced obesity and diabetes (Hahm et al., 1999, 2002). To assess whether this phenotype is predominantly drive...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Jiang C,Lin WJ,Sadahiro M,Shin AC,Buettner C,Salton SR

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypocretins/orexins (hcrts) are two recently described neuropeptides derived from the same precursor and expressed in a few thousand neurons in the perifornical area of the lateral hypothalamus, which project throughout the brain. The hypocretins bind to two G-protein coupled receptors with different selective aff...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： de Lecea L,Sutcliffe JG,Fabre V

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00