Humanin ameliorates diazepam-induced memory deficit in mice.

abstract：:Dynorphins are important neuropeptides with a central role in nociception and pain alleviation. Many mechanisms regulate endogenous dynorphin concentrations, including proteolysis. Proprotein convertases (PCs) are widely expressed in the central nervous system and specifically cleave at C-terminal of either a pair of ...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Orduna AR,Beaudry F

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurokinin-1 (NK-1) receptor interacts with peptides that belong to the tachykinin family. NK-1 is inducible in bone marrow (BM) stroma. In neural cells, its expression is high to constitutive. Screening of three cDNA libraries indicated that this different in NK-1 expression in neural and BM cells could not be ex...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Bandari PS,Qian J,Yehia G,Seegopaul HP,Harrison JS,Gascon P,Fernandes H,Rameshwar P

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied head-injured patients assessed after admission to the hospital according to the Glasgow coma scale (3-8 points). All of them underwent surgical procedure after neuroradiological examination. Due to therapeutic problems, some of these patients had lumbar puncture on the fourth day following surgery. The cont...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Stachura Z,Obuchowicz E,Herman ZS

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined gene expression of corticotropin-releasing hormone and neuropeptide Y level in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus of mouse bearing a human oral squamous cell carcinoma. A cell line derived from a human oral squamous cell carcinoma was inoculated into the lower dorsal area of nude mice. Body weight, t...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Lee JH,Cha MJ,Choi SH,Hwang SJ,Kim DG,Jahng JW

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present investigation was to study the effects of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) on morphine withdrawal-induced behavioral changes and hypothermia in male CFLP mice. Elevated plus maze (EPM) and jump tests were used to assess naloxone-precipitated morphine withdrawal-induced ...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Lipták N,Dochnal R,Babits A,Csabafi K,Szakács J,Tóth G,Szabó G

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[3H]-Dynorphin A (1-8) was degraded in brain homogenates at 25 degrees and even at 0 degree C. The peptidase inhibitors bestatin and captopril almost completely protected[3H]-dynorphin A (1-8) from degradation at 0 degree C but had only little effect on binding at this temperature. At 25 degrees C, the binding of [3H]...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Gillan MG,Robson LE,McKnight AT,Kosterlitz HW

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proenkephalin peptides produced by endocrine and nervous tissues are involved in stress-induced immunosuppression. However, the role of peptides produced by immune cells remains unknown. The present study examines the effect of acute and chronic foot-shock stress on proenkephalin peptide content in bone marrow (BMMC),...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Saravia F,Padros MR,Ase A,Aloyz R,Duran S,Vindrola O

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tachykinins are a family of pronociceptive neuropeptides with a specific role in pain and inflammation. Several mechanisms regulate endogenous tachykinins and Substance P (SP) levels, including the differential expression of protachykinin mRNA and the controlled secretion of tachykinins from neurons. Proteolysis is su...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Saidi M,Kamali S,Beaudry F

更新日期：2016-10-01 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 present study was planned to evaluate role of tachykinins (TKs) and neurokinin (NK) receptors in the regulation of gastric motility in sheep. We examined the effects of intravenous (i.v.) injection of neurokinin A (NKA) and substance P (SP) on motility of the rumen, omasum, and abomasum in conscious sheep and the ...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Oh-ishi T,Shimoda T,Hayashi H,Onaga T

更新日期：2013-02-01 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：:In equilibrium binding studies, using 3H-etorphine and 3H-diprenorphine, digitonin extracts of frog brain membranes are found to contain two classes of sites, one of which is seen only in the presence of Na+ ions. Centrifugation of the extracts in sucrose gradients separates two macromolecular components (10S and 12S)...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Puget A,Frances B,Jauzac P,Meunier JC

更新日期：1984-12-01 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：:The central control of feeding in animals depends upon the alternating actions of orexigenic and anorectic peptides. Studies at understanding the food intake mechanisms have emphasised the role of Neuropeptide Y as a potent orexigenic peptide in the brain. The aim of this study is to investigate the response of NPY sy...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Shewale S,Ali I,Hadawale K,Bhargava S

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Desensitization is induced by the repeated administration of high doses of substance P (SP) or hemokinin-1 (HK-1). However, little information is available about the mechanisms involved in the induction of desensitization by these peptides. Thus, to characterize this desensitization, we examined the dose-dependent eff...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Naono R,Nakayama T,Ikeda T,Matsusima O,Nishimori T

更新日期：2008-02-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Neuropeptide Y, a widely circulating neurotransmitter, plays a pivotal role in energy balance, immunomodulation and asthma, and several NPY polymorphisms are promising genetic risk factors for asthma and obesity. We explored the associations of candidate NPY gene polymorphisms with prevalent asthma and its re...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Lu Y,Andiappan AK,Lee B,Ho R,Lim TK,Kuan WS,Goh DY,Mahadevan M,Sim TB,Wang Y,Van Bever HP,Rotzschke O,Larbi A,Ng TP

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune system function has been shown to be under the influence of various neuromodulators and endocrine system peptides. This in vitro study describes the stimulatory effect of thyrotropin releasing hormone (thyroliberin, TRH) on thyrotropin (TSH) release from cultured human peripheral blood monocytes. The stimulator...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Komorowski J,Stepień H,Pawlikowski M

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is involved in multiple processes such as behavior, energy and bone metabolism. Previous studies have relied on global NPY depletion to examine its effects on bone. However, this approach is unable to distinguish the central or local source of NPY influencing bone. Our aim was to identify which ce...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Wee NKY,Sinder BP,Novak S,Wang X,Stoddard C,Matthews BG,Kalajzic I

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various studies have shown a relationship between nerves and bones. Recent evidence suggests that both sensory and sympathetic nerves affect bone metabolism; however, little is known about how neuropeptides are involved in the differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into osteoblastic (OB) cells. To evaluate the puta...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Nagao S,Goto T,Kataoka S,Toyono T,Joujima T,Egusa H,Yatani H,Kobayashi S,Maki K

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphine (M) produced a dose-related decrease in metabolic weight loss (MWL) over a three-hour period, despite the fact that it significantly enhanced locomotor activity in male mice. This conservation of energy was specific to opioid receptors because naltrexone HCl (N) blocked it. These receptors were localized main...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Henry LJ,Walker J,Margules DL

更新日期：1985-02-01 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

abstract：:Considerable evidence supports the existence of modulatory interactions between cholecystokinin and dopamine in the striatum. In order to explore further the nature of such interactions, the anatomical localization of CCK receptors in rat striatum was investigated autoradiographically following selective lesions. Infu...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Beresford IJ,Hall MD,Clark CR,Hill RG,Hughes J,Sirinathsinghji DJ

更新日期：1987-08-01 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：:Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) peptides have a wide CNS distribution and appear to play an important role in a number of physiological processes including reward and reinforcement, feeding, locomotion, stress responses and perception of pain. We have further investigated the expression of CART pe...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Press DA,Wall MJ

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alarin is a newly identified member of the galanin family of neuropeptides that includes galanin-like peptide (GALP) and galanin. Alarin was discovered as an alternate transcript of the GALP gene in neuroblastoma cells, and subsequently alarin mRNA was detected in the brain of rodents. GALP and galanin are important c...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Van Der Kolk N,Madison FN,Mohr M,Eberhard N,Kofler B,Fraley GS

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：:To find out, whether microheterogeneity of neurophysins is due to aging of neurosecretory granules we investigated neurophysin proteins of porcine origin from newly formed and aged granules, as well as from two different extraction methods from whole posterior pituitary glands by high performance liquid chromatography...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Richter WO,Schwandt P

更新日期：1983-12-01 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：:Attempts have been made to confirm reports that naloxonazine and Mr2034 are able to selectively antagonise morphine-induced analgesia and respiratory depression respectively. In the present studies these antagonists proved to be equi-effective against both the analgesic and respiratory depressant effects of morphine, ...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Rourke JD,Shaw JS

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00