The skin is a known target organ for the proopiomelanocortin (POMC)-derived
neuropeptides α-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH), β-endorphin, and ACTH and …

The mechanisms involved in human pregnancy maintenance and parturition are highly
complex and involve mother, fetus and placenta. The “final common pathway” to delivery is …

The CRF receptors belong to the VIP/GRF/PTH family of G‐protein coupled receptors whose
actions are mediated through activation of adenylate cyclase. Two CRF receptors, encoded …

The complex mechanisms controlling human parturition involves mother, fetus, and
placenta, and stress is a key element activating a series of physiological adaptive …

Histochemical and axonal transport methods were used to clarify the central organization of
cells and fibers that express urocortin (UCN), a recently discovered corticotropin‐releasing …

Studies in mammalian skin have shown expression of the genes for corticotropin‐releasing
hormone (CRH) and the related urocortin peptide, with subsequent production of the …

Urocortins, three paralogs of the stress-related peptide corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF)
found in bony fish, amphibians, birds, and mammals, have unique phylogenies …

Nesfatin-1 is a recently discovered multifunctional metabolic hormone abundantly
expressed in the pancreatic islets. The main objective of this study is to characterize the …

Urocortin (UCN) is a peptide related to hypothalamic corticotrophin-releasing hormone and
binds with high affinity to corticotrophin-releasing hormone receptor-2β, which is expressed …

We investigated the effects of moderate maternal periconceptional undernutrition from 60 d
before to 30 d after mating on fetal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function in late …