The expression of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2-angiotensin-(1-7)-Mas receptor axis are upregulated after acute cerebral ischemic stroke in rats.

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：:Accumulating evidence suggests that blood borne hormones modulate brain mechanisms regulating blood pressure. This appears to be mediated by the circumventricular organs which are located in the walls of the brain ventricular system and lack the blood-brain barrier. Recent evidence shows that neurons of the circumvent...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Ufnal M,Skrzypecki J

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nesfatin-1, a newly discovered satiety peptide, has recently been reported to be involved in the stress response. Stress-induced expression of nesfatin-1 has been reported and few studies focus on its expression in the hypothalamus, which is the center of the stress response. To test our hypothesis that peripheral and...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Xu YY,Ge JF,Qin G,Peng YN,Zhang CF,Liu XR,Liang LC,Wang ZZ,Chen FH,Li J

更新日期：2015-12-01 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：:In the present study, electrophysiological recordings were made from hippocampal slices obtained from mice overexpressing galanin under the promoter for the platelet-derived growth factor-B (GalOE mice). In these mice, a particularly strong galanin expression is seen in the granule cell layer/mossy fibers. Paired-puls...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Zheng K,Kuteeva E,Xia S,Bartfai T,Hökfelt T,Xu ZQ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Galanin and the N-terminal fragment Galanin(1-15) are involved in central cardiovascular regulation. The present paper reviews the recent cardiovascular results obtained by intracisternal injections of Galanin and Galanin(1-15) showing that: (A) the Galanin antagonist M40 blocks the central cardiovascular responses in...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Díaz-Cabiale Z,Parrado C,Vela C,Razani H,Coveñas R,Fuxe K,Narváez JA

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male Wistar rats were injected intraperitoneally with chlorpromazine (2 or 10 mg/kg), haloperidol (0.5 or 2 mg/kg), sulpiride (50 or 100 mg/kg) or clozapine (10 or 25 mg/kg) once, for 14 or 28 consecutive days. Hypothalamic neuropeptide Y-like (NPY-like) immunoreactivity (NPY-LI) was determined 24 h after the last dos...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Obuchowicz E

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxytocin, either intraperitoneally injected (200 ng/rat) or intracerebroventricularly infused (1 ng/rat in 4 microliters saline) 60 and 15 min respectively before testing, significantly increased the lordosis response to the mounting male of ovariectomized, estrogen/progesterone treated rats. The intracerebroventricul...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Arletti R,Bertolini A

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CSF methionine and leucine enkephalins were measured by high performance liquid chromatography and radioimmunoassay in diabetic patients with painful neuropathy (n = 22) and painless neuropathy (n = 5), and non-diabetic subjects with low back pain (n = 11). Wide variations in CSF enkephalin levels were found and they ...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Chan AW,Macfarlane IA,Masson EA,Bowsher D,Morley JS,Venn RF

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies suggest that prenatal ethanol exposure (PEE) facilitates ethanol intake. Opioid peptides play a main role in ethanol reinforcement during infancy and adulthood. However, PEE effects upon motor responsiveness elicited by an ethanol challenge and the participation of opioids in these actions remain to be...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Abate P,Reyes-Guzmán AC,Hernández-Fonseca K,Méndez M

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain insulin receptors adsorb to and are recoverable from wheat germ agglutinin-agarose (WGA) columns. Similar results are obtained using dissuccinimidyl suberate (DSS)-crosslinked receptors or photo-affinity labeled receptors. WGA can be used for partial purification of brain insulin receptors provided the appropria...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Shemer J,LeRoith D

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noradrenaline (NA) has been implicated in both increase and reduction of anxiety. Selective destruction of nerve endings of the locus coeruleus projections by DSP-4 has been shown to reduce active behaviour in novel situations by enhancing anxiety. In the present study, DSP-4 (50 mg/kg) treatment reduced locomotor act...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Kask A,Eller M,Oreland L,Harro J

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunohistochemical tests have demonstrated for the first time the presence of endothelins in the neuroendocrine cells of fish gill. We have sought co-localization of endothelins with serotonin and neuropeptides which are regarded as neuroendocrine markers of pulmonary diffuse neuroendocrine systems in higher vertebra...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Zaccone G,Mauceri A,Fasulo S,Ainis L,Lo Cascio P,Ricca MB

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Orexins are neuropeptides that are localized to neurons in the lateral and dorsal hypothalamus but its receptors are distributed to many different regions of the central nervous system. Orexins are implicated in a variety of physiological functions including sleep regulation, energy homeostats, and stress reactions. F...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Toyama S,Shimoyama N,Shimoyama M

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Possible positive reinforcing and aversive effects of intraperitoneally (ip) administered substance P (SP) and its C-terminal heptapeptide analog [pGlu5, MePhe8, Sar9]-SP5-11 (DIME-C7) were investigated in rats. The 'conditioned corral preference and avoidance procedure' was used for assessing positive and negative re...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Hasenöhrl RU,Gerhardt P,Huston JP

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysine-vasopressin (LVP) at different concentrations (2 ng, 200 pg) was injected into the lateral ventricle and cisterna magna. The effect on hypothalamic self-stimulation was studied in rats. LVP (2 ng) decreased the self-stimulation rate after intracerebroventricular and cisternal application. Injection of 200 pg LV...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Günther O,Schwarzberg H

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we examined whether the mechanisms mediating the induction of grooming behavior by oxytocin (OT) is similar to mechanisms mediating the effects of OT on uterine contractility. Sprague-Dawley strain female rats were injected intracerebroventricularly (ICV) with OT or OT analogues and then were observed f...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Caldwell JD,Hruby VJ,Hill P,Prange AJ Jr,Pedersen CA

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HPLC techniques were used to identify peptides that possess vasopressin-like immunoreactivity in the chicken neurohypophysis. The presence of arginine vasotocin (AVT) was confirmed together with arginine vasopressin (AVP). That the presence of AVP may be confined to the chicken, and not other avian species, was conclu...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Choy VJ,Watkins WB

更新日期：1986-08-01 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：:Intrathecal administration of VIP to the thoracic spinal cord in the urethane anaesthetized rat provoked a dose-dependent increase in heart rate without any change in arterial pressure. The cardioacceleration observed following administration of 6.5 nmol of VIP at the T9 level (n = 8) occurred within 1-2 min of admini...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Rochford J,Henry JL

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuropharmacological actions of the agonist analog D-Trp-6-LH-RH were investigated in several tests after subcutaneous administrations to male mice. The doses applied were in the range 1-1000 micrograms/kg. D-Trp-6-LH-RH doses of 10 micrograms/kg and higher induced significant analgesic effects in the hot-plate an...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Kádár T,Telegdy G,Schally AV

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptide Y (NPY) causes anxiolytic- and antidepressant-like effects after central administration in rodents. These effects could theoretically be utilized in future gene therapy for anxiety and depression using viral vectors for induction of overexpression of NPY in specific brain regions. Using a recombinant aden...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Christiansen SH,Olesen MV,Gøtzsche CR,Woldbye DP

更新日期：2014-12-01 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

abstract：:The Mu opioid receptor (MOR) has been shown to participate in the analgesic effect of the calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) of adult rats. However, it is not clear whether and how CGRP regulates the MOR at the molecular levels. In the present study, it is found that the level of MOR...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Yan H,Yu LC

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amylin (AMY) is a member of calcitonin family of peptides. In this study, the effects of intrathecal (i.t) injection of AMY on the inflammatory pain and on the cAMP accumulation in the rat spinal cells were investigated. By using AMY receptor antagonists, we also studied the pharmacology of AMY receptors in the spinal...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Khoshdel Z,Takhshid MA,Owji AA

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both endothelins and corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) appear in capsaicin-sensitive neurons. We have investigated the effects of human endothelin-1 (ET-1) and CRF in the guinea-pig ileum longitudinal and circular preparations and sought for ways of specific antagonism. With the aid of tachyphylaxis to capsaicin (i...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Lázár Z,Benkó R,Bölcskei K,Rumbus Z,Wolf M,Holzer P,Maggi CA,Barthó L

更新日期：2003-08-01 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：:This study investigated the nature of the cholecystokinin-like immunoreactivity (CCKLI) in the dorsal horn of the rat spinal cord. Indeed, using the same antiserum, no variation of radioimmunoassayable CCKLI in the dorsal horn of rats treated neonatally with capsaicin could be seen, whereas the density of immunoreacti...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Zouaoui D,Benoliel JJ,Conrath M,Cesselin F

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of beta-endorphin (1-27) immunoreactive cell bodies and fibres was studied in the diencephalon of the cat using an indirect immunoperoxidase technique. In the thalamus, almost all the immunoreactive fibres were found in the midline region and in nuclei located near the midline, whereas in the hypothal...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Coveñas R,de León M,Narváez JA,Tramu G,Aguirre JA,González-Barón S

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social conflict and defeat in mice leads to an activation of endogenous opiate systems. The effects of intracerebroventricular administration of the peptide FMRFamide (Phe-Met-Arg-Phe-NH2) and the opiate antagonist naloxone, on aggressive encounters, defeat-induced analgesia and defeat-induced feeding were examined in...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Kavaliers M,Hirst M

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00