Effect of vasopressin, oxytocin and peptides derived from these hormones on field potential induced in lateral septum of rats by stimulation of the fimbria fornix.

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：:Perivascular sensory nerves release calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and substance P, the dilator actions of which can be regulated by nitric oxide (NO). This study investigated the role of NO in the vasodilation caused by sensory nerve stimulation, by capsaicin, or exogenous CGRP and substance P in the isolated...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Mitchell JA,Williams FM,Williams TJ,Larkin SW

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the neurokinin-1 (NK1) receptor antagonist RP67580 in modulating inflammatory oedema formation has been investigated in guinea-pig skin. Oedema formation was measured over 30 min by the extravascular accumulation of intravenously-injected 125I-albumin in the anaesthetised guinea-pig. RP67580 was injected...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Wilsoncroft P,Euzger H,Brain SD

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the selective non-peptide antagonist for NK1 receptors (+/-)CP 96,345 on cellular transduction mechanisms elicited by the NK1 selective agonist [Sar9]-substance P-sulfone ([Sar9]-SP) was investigated in a stabilized culture of human skin fibroblasts (HF) and compared to the effects of two peptide antagon...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Ziche M,Parenti A,Amerini S,Zawieja D,Maggi CA,Ledda F

更新日期：1996-08-01 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：:Information on the physiological functions of neuropeptide FF; NPFF, a morphine modulating octapeptide in avians is lacking. Thus, we designed a study to investigate the effects of central NPFF with particular emphasis on appetite-related processes. Cobb-500 chicks were intracerebroventricularly (ICV) injected with 0,...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Cline MA,Nandar W,Rogers JO

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：:Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating peptide and vasoactive intestinal peptide belong to the same neuropeptide family. Both peptides are present in nerve fibers in the gastric wall and are thought to be involved in the regulation of inflammatory processes. Experimental ulcers were induced in the rat gastric mucosa b...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Mei Q,Sundler F

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats housed individually for 7 days showed a marked decrease in motor activity when tested under intense light conditions in a novel environment as compared to group-housed rats tested under low light conditions. The ACTH analogue ORG 2766 administered into the amygdala decreased the motor activity of group-housed rat...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Wolterink G,Van Ree JM

更新日期：1989-08-01 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：:Galanin (GAL) is known to stimulate feeding behavior. This peptide has different properties and functions from other feeding stimulants, e.g., neuropeptide Y and agouti-related protein. Hypothalamic GAL is relatively unresponsive to food deprivation and to changes in corticosterone, glucose utilization, dietary carboh...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Leibowitz SF

更新日期：2005-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Potential physiological correlates of stress and the role of stress neuropeptides, other than those of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, in critical illness have not been addressed. We investigated: (a) serum levels of stress neuropeptides (ACTH, substance P (SP), neuropeptide Y (NPY), cortisol, prolac...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Mpouzika MD,Papathanassoglou ED,Giannakopoulou M,Bozas E,Middleton N,Boti S,Patiraki EI,Karabinis A

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma levels of ghrelin, an orexigenic peptide, are increased during conditions of chronic starvation, such as in patients with anorexia nervosa. However, it is not known whether such increase can be related to the number of preproghrelin mRNA-expressing cells in the stomach, and if chronic starvation may activate a ...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： François M,Barde S,Achamrah N,Breton J,do Rego JC,Coëffier M,Hökfelt T,Déchelotte P,Fetissov SO

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used [3H]Senktide, a selective Neurokinin B receptor ligand, for the characterization of NK-3 receptors in rat and guinea pig CNS membranes. Scatchard analysis of saturation binding studies in cerebral cortex membranes indicated that this ligand bound to a single site with apparent high affinity (KD = 4.6 +/- ...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Renzetti AR,Barsacchi P,Criscuoli M,Lucacchini A

更新日期：1991-03-01 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：:The distribution and modification of the tachykinins Substance P (SP) and neurokinin A (NKA), their precursor beta-preprotachykinins (beta-PPT) and the receptors involved in their activity, NK-1 and NK-2, were studied in trinitrobenzensulphonic acid (TNB) colitis. Rats were intrarectally treated with a 120 mg/ml of TN...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Evangelista S,Tramontana M,Maggi CA

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In situ hybridisation histochemistry was used to study the effect of intra-peritoneal reserpine administration on messenger RNA (mRNA) levels in the locus coeruleus (LC) of the rat. 48h after injection, levels of mRNA encoding tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and neuropeptide Y (NPY) in the LC increased to approximately 250%...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Foster OJ,Biswas S,Lightman SL

更新日期：1991-03-01 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 role played by the biologically active CART 55-102 peptide in NAcc AMPH induced locomotion was investigated. When microinjected alone into this site, none of the doses of CART 55-102 tested (0.1, 0.4, 1.0 or 2.5 microg/0.5 microl/side) produced effects on locomotion during a two-h test. However, when co-injected w...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Kim JH,Creekmore E,Vezina P

更新日期：2003-12-01 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：: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：:Orexins/hypocretins are neuropeptides that have various physiological effects, including the regulation of feeding behavior, neuroendocrine functions and sleep-wake cycles. Recent studies have suggested that the orexin system may also be involved in brain ischemic reactions. It is also known that changes in sleep patt...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Dohi K,Nishino S,Nakamachi T,Ohtaki H,Morikawa K,Takeda T,Shioda S,Aruga T

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the GABAergic drugs nipecotic acid, Gabrene, baclofen and metatolylcarbamide (MTC), when given alone or in combination at subthreshold doses with AT II also at a subthreshold dose effective on PTZ-kindling in mice were studied. PTZ-kindling was provoked by intraperitoneal (i.p.) injections of PTZ (40 mg...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Georgiev VP,Lazarova MB,Kambourova TS

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：:The action of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) is mediated by two recently identified receptors, CRFR1 and CRFR2, that differ with respect to their anatomical distribution and pharmacologic ligand-binding properties. Here we show by an analysis of circadian heartbeat interval fluctuations that CRFR2-deficiency in ...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Stiedl O,Meyer M

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal aggregation of beta-amyloid (Aβ) peptide into amyloid plaques in the brain has been identified as one of the key factors in instigating AD pathogenesis. Inhibition of Aβ aggregation can be an important therapeutic strategy in disease management. In this work, we demonstrate the application of structure-based ...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Pandey G,Morla S,Kumar S,Ramakrishnan V

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humanin (HN) is an endogenous 24-residue peptide. A highly potent HN derivative, S14G-HN, which has a substitution of serine 14 to glycine, reduced amyloid burden and suppressed cognitive impairment in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. S14G-HN also suppressed amnesia induced by a muscarinic receptor antagonist in ...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Murakami M,Nagahama M,Maruyama T,Niikura T

更新日期：2017-04-01 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：:AtT-20 cells are known to synthesize two molecular weight forms of the prohormone converting enzyme PC1 with molecular masses of 87 and 66 kDa. In this study we have analyzed basal and stimulated secretion of these proteins. Western blot results show that basal secretion medium of cultured AtT-20 cells contained low c...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Vindrola O,Lindberg I

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00