Is oxytocin-induced grooming mediated by uterine-like receptors?

abstract：:The discriminative stimulus properties of the selective CCKB-receptor antagonist, L-365,260 were evaluated in rats trained to discriminate diazepam (2 mg/kg) or morphine (5 mg/kg) from vehicle, using a two-lever food reinforced technique. In the diazepam drug discrimination, the benzodiazepine-receptor agonist FG8205 ...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Jackson A,Tattersall D,Bentley G,Rycroft W,Bourson A,Hargreaves R,Tricklebank M,Iversen S

更新日期：1994-05-01 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：:The effects of acute and chronic treatment with LSD and acute treatment with mescaline, m-CPP, citalopram and fenfluramine on leu-enkephalin (LENK) content in rat brain were examined. The acute LSD treatment was found to decrease and chronic treatment to increase the LENK content in the frontal cortex. In the thalamus...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Kmieciak-Kołada K,Kowalski J

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The orexins (hypocretins) are lateral hypothalamic (LH) neuropeptides that have been implicated in a variety of behaviors ranging from feeding to sleep and arousal. Evidence from animal models suggests a role for orexins in reward processing and drug addiction. In the present study, we investigated the direct effect o...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Zarepour L,Fatahi Z,Sarihi A,Haghparast A

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DPDPE ([D-Pen2, D-Pen5]-Enkephalin) and DPLPE ([D-Pen2, L-Pen5]-Enkephalin) are conformationally-constrained cyclic analogs of enkephalin with high selectivity for delta opioid receptors. Intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) administration of each analog acutely produces a complex EEG response in rats characterized by a d...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Tortella FC,Robles L,Mosberg HI,Holaday JW

更新日期：1984-12-01 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：: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：:Dermorphin (Tyr-D-Ala-Phe-Gly-Tyr-Pro-Ser-NH2), a naturally occurring peptide isolated from arboreal frog skin, is endowed with outstanding structural and biological features. It has no structural community with the sequence of mammalian opioid peptides and is a unique example of a D-aminoacid containing peptide which...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Mor A,Delfour A,Amiche M,Sagan S,Nicolas P,Grassi J,Pradelles P

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, we demonstrated that brain neuropeptide Y (NPY) mRNA expression was increased in heat exposed chicks. However, the functions of brain NPY during heat stress are unknown. This study was conducted to investigate whether centrally administered NPY affects food intake, rectal temperature, monoamines, stress horm...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Bahry MA,Chowdhury VS,Yang H,Tran PV,Do PH,Han G,Ikeda H,Cockrem JF,Furuse M

更新日期：2017-04-01 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：:In rat preprogalanin, galanin is C-terminally flanked by a 60 amino acid long peptide: galanin message-associated peptide (GMAP). GMAP sequences in different species show high degree of homology, suggesting a biological role. However, the study of the physiological and pharmacological actions of this peptide have been...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Andell-Jonsson S,Bartfai T

更新日期：1998-04-01 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：:The present study was undertaken in order to establish the possible involvement of melatonin in the mechanisms underlying the arginine-vasopressin (AVP) responses to physical exercise and angiotensin II (ANG II). On two mornings at least 1 week apart, normal male subjects were tested with exercise on a bicycle ergomet...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Chiodera P,Volpi R,Capretti L,Giuliani N,Maffei ML,Coiro V

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antinociceptive effect of intrathecally (i.t.) administered protease inhibitors was tested against capsaicin (800 ng) injected into the dorsal surface of a hindpaw. Both p-hydroxymercuribenzoate (2-8 nmol), a cysteine protease inhibitor, and phosphoramidon (1-4 nmol), an endopeptidase 24.11 inhibitor in the presen...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Tan-No K,Taira A,Inoue M,Ohshima K,Sakurada T,Sakurada C,Nylander I,Demuth HU,Silberring J,Terenius L,Tadano T,Kisara K

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous injections of neurotensin (NT) (0.5, 1 and 2 nmoles kg-1) evoked dose-dependent increases in histaminemia and hematocrit, and marked hypotensive effect, in anesthetized rats. The increase of plasma histamine was rapid in onset (within sec), peak plasma histamine being reached in less than 2 min. The declin...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Kérouac R,St-Pierre S,Rioux F

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat/mouse hemokinin-1 (r/m HK-1) has been identified as a member of the tachykinin family and its effect in colonic contractile activity remains unknown. We investigated the effects and mechanisms of actions of r/m HK-1 on the mouse colonic contractile activity in vitro by comparing it with that of substance P (SP). R...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Kong ZQ,Han M,Yang WL,Zhao YL,Fu CY,Tao Y,Chen Q,Wang R

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After chronic treatment with morphine, the muscular rigidity mediated by opioid receptors in the striatum, was gradually replaced by stereotypic behaviour indicating an increased nigrostriatal dopaminergic activity. These results suggest that one behavioural pattern, originating in the striatum, was replaced by anothe...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Themann P,Havemann U,Kuschinsky K

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynorphin 1-8 (DYN 1-8) and Dynorphin B (DYN B) have been immunocytochemically localized to neuronal perikarya throughout the adult rat central nervous system (CNS). In order to determine if any DYN 1-8 and DYN B immunoreactive (DYN-I) cell bodies have long projections, indirect immunofluorescence was used in combinat...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Code RA,Fallon JH

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spermidine is a naturally occurring endogenous polyamine synthesized from diamine putrescine. It is a well-known autophagy inducer that maintains cellular and neuronal homeostasis. Healthy brain development and function are dependent on brain polyamine concentration. Polyamines interact with the opioid system, glutama...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Ghosh I,Sankhe R,Mudgal J,Arora D,Nampoothiri M

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of somatostatin on inhibition of both normal and tumor cell cycle, secretion of endocrine and exocrine cells, as well as induction apoptosis is well documented. However, its effect on T cell development and thymic structure is not fully clarified. In order to investigate the influence of somatostatin in vivo ...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Petrović-Dergović DM,Rakin AK,Dimitrijević LA,Ristovski JS,Kustrimović NZ,Mićić MV

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholecystokinin (CCK) is a widely expressed neuropeptide system originally discovered in the gut. Both cerebral and peripheral neurons as well as endocrine I-cells in the small intestine process proCCK to tyrosyl-O-sulfated and α-carboxyamidated peptides. Recently, we reported that gut endocrine I-cells also synthetiz...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Agersnap M,Zhang MD,Harkany T,Hökfelt T,Rehfeld JF

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of several mu and kappa opioid receptor agonists on urinary excretion were examined in the water-loaded rat. Mu agonists induced anti-diuresis whereas kappa agonists caused diuresis. Furthermore, high efficacy kappa agonists eg. U50, 488H and tifluadom, produced marked diuretic effects, whereas kappa parti...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Skingle M,Hayes AG,Tyers MB

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study is designed to elucidate the involvement of neuronal mechanisms in corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF)-induced anti-oedema effects. Oedema was induced in the rat hind paw by subcutaneous injection of 3 nmol of serotonin (5-HT). A single dose of CRF (9.4, 37.5 or 75 pmol) was given either ipsilateral...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Veraksits A,Bileviciute-Ljungar I,Maaroos J,Vasar E,Lundeberg T

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucagon-like peptide-1 (7-36)-amide (GLP-1) is a gut peptide, which exerts significant effects on glucose homeostasis. GLP-1 and GLP-1 receptors are also widely distributed in the central nervous system. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the effects of intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.)-injected GLP-1 on ...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Gulec G,Isbil-Buyukcoskun N,Kahveci N

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：:The effects of intravenous self-administration of 30 micrograms infusions of either heroin or cocaine, or saline on the concentrations of beta-endorphin-immunoreactivity (beta E-IR) in the anterior part of the rat brain limbic system were studied. Self-administration of heroin and cocaine for 5 daily sessions resulted...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Sweep CG,Van Ree JM,Wiegant VM

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inoculation of rats at the tail-base with Mycobacterium led to arthritic swelling and inflammation of all four limbs. Immunoreactive (ir)-dynorphin (DYN) increased in anterior but not neurointermediate pituitary. In the brain, only thalamus showed a rise and, in spinal cord, a large elevation was seen. Ir-vasopressin ...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Millan MJ,Millan MH,Pilcher CW,Colpaert FC,Herz A

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve growth factor (NGF) was reported to be increased in the serum and skin of atopic dermatitis (AD) patients, to the extent that serum nerve growth factor levels were proposed to serve as a marker of disease severity. We studied NGF levels in the serum and dermis using skin microdialysis and attempted to correlate ...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Papoiu AD,Wang H,Nattkemper L,Tey HL,Ishiuji Y,Chan YH,Schmelz M,Yosipovitch G

更新日期：2011-12-01 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：:Highly purified porcine neurophysin-II, prepared from pig posterior pituitary lobe tissue was injected into fifteen rabbits in the preparation of anti-neurophysin sera. All antisera, when used in association with immunohistochemical procedures, gave an immunoreaction in structures of the rat hypothalamo-neurohypophysi...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Watkins WB

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00