Galanin peptide

Galanin Peptide Brain, pancreas. Regulates food intake, memory. 

Galanin Receptors Galanin-like Peptide (GALP)... 

Other peptides that have been linked to the actions of ethanol are corticotropin-releasing factor, urocortin, leptin, cholecystokinin, melanocortins, and galanin (for reviews, see Cowen et al. 2004 Egli 2003 Thiele et al. 2003). 

JMC3596>, an imidazo[4,5-d][l,3]diazepin-8-ol as an AMP deaminase inhibitor <00JMC1508>, the antimaiarial mode of action of artemisinin <00FEBSL238>, and finally dithiepin-l,l,4,4-tetroxides as non-peptidic human galanin receptor antagonists <00BMC1383>. 

Control of feeding behavior involves peripheral peptides (insulin, ghrelin, leptin) plus several peptides in the CNS (orexins/hypocretins, CCK, galanin, MSH, neuropeptide Y, CRH, cocaine-and-amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART)) [35, 36]. Some of the same peptides are involved in reward systems crucial to drug addiction. Specific receptor blockers are being tested for many of these peptide-receptor systems, with the hope of very selective actins with minimal side effects [35], For example, there are two CCK receptor subtypes, CCK-A and... 

Seizure initiation is likely caused by an imbalance between excitatory (e.g., glutamate, calcium, sodium, substance P, and neurokinin B) neurotransmission and inhibitory (y-aminobutyric acid, adenosine, potassium, neuropeptide Y, opioid peptides, and galanin) neurotransmission. 

Calcitonin gene-related peptide Vasoactive intestinal peptide Galanin Somatostatin... 

Nilsson CL, Brinkmalm A, Minthon L, Blennow K, Ekman R. 2001. Processing of neuropeptide Y, galanin, and somatostatin in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with Alzheimer s disease and frontotemporal dementia. Peptides 22 2105. 

Norberg A, Griffths WJ, Hjelmqvist L, Jornvall H, Rokaeus A. 2004. Identification of variant forms of the neuroendocrine peptide galanin. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 18 1583. 

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