The peptides of the tachykinin family are widely distributed within the mammalian peripheral
and central nervous systems and play a well-recognized role as excitatory …

Tachykinins belong to an evolutionarily conserved family of peptide neurotransmitters. The
mammalian tachykinins include substance P, neurokinin A and neurokinin B, which exert …

After its discovery in 1931, substance P (SP) remained the only mammalian member of the
family of tachykinin peptides for several decades. Tachykinins thus refer to peptides sharing …

The tachykinin family has recently been extended by the discovery of a third tachykinin gene
encoding previously unknown mammalian tachykinins (hemokinin 1, endokinin A and …

There is an expanding repertoire of mammalian tachykinins produced by a variety of
tachykinin genes, gene splicing events and peptide processing. Novel tachykinin-binding …

In addition to the classical neurotransmitters, acetylcholine and noradrenaline, a wide
number of peptides with neurotransmitter activity have been identified in the past few years …

Throughout the past decade, major advances have been made in our understanding of the
biology of the mammalian tachykinin neuropeptides. It is now well established that …

The existence of multiple mammalian tachykinins is now well established (for recent reviews
see 1-4). In addition to substance P (SP), mammalian tachykinins include neurokinin A …

Tachykinins are widely distributed in the peripheral nervous system of the respiratory,
urinary and gastrointestinal tract, stored in enteric neurons and in peripheral nerve endings …

The tachykinins, substance P, neurokinin A and neurokinin B, are a family of neuropeptides
widely distributed in the mammalian central and peripheral nervous system. In the …