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Neuropeptides

Known as: Neuropeptide, Neuropeptides [Chemical/Ingredient] 
Peptides with direct synaptic effects or indirect modulatory effects on the nervous system. A neuropeptide is a molecule released by neurons as an… 
National Institutes of Health

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Neurotransmitters
Process of secretionantagonists & inhibitorschemical synthesis

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Natural variations in maternal and paternal care are associated with systematic changes in oxytocin following parent–infant contact
Review
2006
Review
2006
Arousal and reward: a dichotomy in orexin function
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Neuropeptides and neuropeptide receptors in the Drosophila melanogaster genome.
Recent genetic analyses in worms, flies, and mammals illustrate the importance of bioactive peptides in controlling numerous… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Neuropeptides in the skin: interactions between the neuroendocrine and the skin immune systems
Abstract: The interaction between components of the nervous system and multiple target cells in the cutaneous immune system has… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Orphanin FQ: A Neuropeptide That Activates an Opioidlike G Protein-Coupled Receptor
A heptadecapeptide was identified and purified from porcine brain tissue as a ligand for an orphan heterotrimeric GTP- binding… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
The role of neuropeptide Y in the antiobesity action of the obese gene product
RECENTLY Zhang et al.1 cloned a gene that is expressed only in adipose tissue of the mouse. The obese phenotype of theob/ob mouse… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Isolation and structure of the endogenous agonist of opioid receptor-like ORL1 receptor
THE ORL1 receptor, an orphan receptor whose human1and murine2á¤-8 complementary DNAs have recently been characterized… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
Regulation of the hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing hormone neurosecretory system
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Nerve growth factor regulates expression of neuropeptide genes in adult sensory neurons
Nerve growth factor (NGF) is a trophic molecule essential for the survival of sympathetic and sensory neurons during ontogeny1… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Expression in brain of a messenger RNA encoding a novel neuropeptide homologous to calcitonin gene-related peptide.
As a consequence of alternative RNA processing events, a single rat gene can generate messenger RNA's (mRNA's) encoding either… 
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