… peptides such as neuropeptide FF should be considered as tonic modulators of opioid functions…
agents able to modulate endogenous opioid function and amplify analgesic opioid effects…

… number of peptides (and short sequence proteins) with a number of different functions.
However, we usually give the word a more restricted meaning: A neuropeptide is a peptide that …

… properties, neuropeptides can act … neuropeptide (red circles) release from a presynaptic
terminal [39 •• ]. Right, In addition, peptide binding to presynaptic GPCRs can regulate peptide …

… peptides (Dilps) are produced by specialized neurons in the brain 3,6 . Here we show that
Drosophila short neuropeptide … these neuropeptides control expression of insulin-like peptides …

… THE present study investigated the effects of a variety of neuropeptides on the … peptides
on acquisition and retention has already been investigated, while that of some of the peptides is …

… We chose to explore the role of invertebrate peptides referred to as neuropeptide Y-like in …
NPY peptide family regulates mammalian cardiovascular function. The invertebrate peptides …

… Hence, we identified that the gene structure encoding the sNPF peptide is greatly variable.
Consequently, the number of introns interrupting the coding sequence range from two to four …

… 96 neuropeptides on 60 precursors from 10 flatworm species. Most of these (51 predicted
peptides on … To verify the neuropeptide status of our predicted peptides, we raised polyclonal …

… the expression and production of neuropeptides that, in turn, … the evidence obtained on nine
peptides in the hypothalamus … on the underlying function of each of these peptides and also …

… of a gene that also produces PACAP-related peptide (PRP), which is homologous to GRF. …
neuropeptide Y superfamily is considered briefly, as is cionin, which is an invertebrate peptide …