Abstract
Neuropeptides remain everyone’s favorite transmission factors. Not only does a new one appear nearly every week, but their picturesque and occasionally informative names are complemented by esthetically pleasing photomicrography of the cells containing the newly recognized substance. When the molecular identification of a new peptide even partially aligns with peptides already discovered, the family portraits of the major groups of brain, gut, and endocrine peptides readily enlarge. As shown by the accompanying reports, these peptides are also often quickly found to possess potent ability to influence whole animal physiological events or behaviors, including those central or visceral disorders that affect humans. While all this is indeed quite exciting, the key puzzles surrounding the nature of neuropeptides and their verified functional roles remain unanswered [1, 2].
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- Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide
- Molecular Biological Method
- Hippocampal Pyramidal Cell
- Alpha Adrenergic Agonist
- Iontophoretic Application
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Bloom, F.E. (1988). Neuropeptides: General Aspects. In: Ferrendelli, J.A., Collins, R.C., Johnson, E.M. (eds) Neurobiology of Amino Acids, Peptides and Trophic Factors. Topics in the Neurosciences, vol 8. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1721-0_10
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