Current Issue February 2012, Vol. 46, No. 1

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Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its role in the central nervous system: A new element in the neurotrophic hypothesis of antidepressant drug action
February 2012(Vol. 46 | No. 1 | Pages 1-10)
Marta Maria Nowacka, Ewa Obuchowicz

The effect of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide on elevated plus maze behavior and hypothermia induced by morphine withdrawal
February 2012(Vol. 46 | No. 1 | Pages 11-17)
Nándor Lipták, Roberta Dochnal, Anikó Babits, Krisztina Csabafi, Júlia Szakács, Gábor Tóth, Gyula Szabó

Changes in galanin and GalR1 gene expression in discrete brain regions after transient occlusion of the middle cerebral artery in female rats
February 2012(Vol. 46 | No. 1 | Pages 19-27)
Lovisa Holm, Susanne Hilke, Csaba Adori, Elvar Theodorsson, Tomas Hökfelt, Annette Theodorsson

Influence of chronic administration of antidepressant drugs on mRNA for galanin, galanin receptors, and tyrosine hydroxylase in catecholaminergic and serotonergic cell-body regions in rat brain
10 February 2012
Molly L. Rovin, Katherine A. Boss-Williams, Reid S. Alisch, James C. Ritchie, David Weinshenker, Charles H.K. West, Jay M. Weiss
Abstract: Activity of locus coeruleus (LC) neurons and release of the peptide galanin (GAL), which is colocalized with norepinephrine (NE) in LC neurons, has been implicated in depression and, convers...
Effects of alarin on food intake, body weight and luteinizing hormone secretion in male mice
16 January 2012
Gregory S. Fraley, Emily Leathley, Nicole Lundy, Emily Chheng, Issurah King, Barbara Kofler
Abstract: Alarin is a member of the galanin family of neuropeptides that includes galanin and galanin-like peptide (GALP). Alarin is an alternate transcript of the GALP gene and is expressed in the br...
Activation of CRHR2 exerts an inhibitory effect on the expression of collapsin response mediator protein 3 in hippocampal neurons
16 January 2012
Yanming Chen, Hui Sheng, Yongjun Xu, Yanmin Zhang, Xin Ni
Abstract: Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) family peptides as well as their receptors have been shown to exhibit various functions in hippocampus. However, effects of CRH receptors activation on ...
Nesfatin-1, a unique regulatory neuropeptide of the brain
09 January 2012
Artur Pałasz, Marek Krzystanek, John Worthington, Beata Czajkowska, Karol Kostro, Ryszard Wiaderkiewicz, Grzegorz Bajor
Abstract: Nesfatin-1, a newly discovered NUCB2-derived satiety neuropeptide is expressed in several neurons of forebrain, hindbrain, brainstem and spinal cord. This novel anorexigenic substance seems ...
Effects of pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide in the urinary system, with special emphasis on its protective effects in the kidney
30 May 2011
Dora Reglodi, Peter Kiss, Gabriella Horvath, Andrea Lubics, Eszter Laszlo, Andrea Tamas, Boglarka Racz, Peter Szakaly
Abstract: Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) is a widespread neuropeptide with diverse effects in the nervous system and peripheral organs. One of the most well-studied effects...

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gene regulation of peptide expression
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