Neuropeptide Y (NPY), a 36-amino-acid peptide widely expressed in the brain1 is involved in many physiological responses2, including hypothalamic control of food intake and cardiovascular ...

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Neuropeptide Y belongs to the pancreatic polypeptide family, which activates the seven-transmembrane G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) Y1–Y6. [42] NPY is a potent orexigenic neuropeptide.

Hepatic vein plasma neuropeptide Y was greater than arterial both at rest (119±5% of arterial, n=7) and after a meal (132±12%, n=7), with neuropeptide Y overflows of 6±2 and 11±2 pmol/min, ...

Cell culture studies demonstrate an increase in cardiac L-type Ca 2+ current (ICa,L) density on sympathetic innervation in vitro and suggest the effect depends on neurally released neuropeptide Y (NPY ...

Neuropeptide Y (NPY) (1) is highly expressed in the mammalian brain. Its pharmacological administration into the central nervous system reduces experimental anxiety in a wide range of animal models (2 ...

The influence of Neuropeptide-Y on coronary perfusion and arrhythmogenicity Professor Neil Herring (lead researcher) University of Oxford Start date: 01 April 2015 (Duration 5 years, 5 months) The ...

Leafcutter ants live in highly organized colonies where every ant has a job, and now researchers can flip those jobs like a switch. By manipulating just two neuropeptides, scientists can turn ...