The galanin peptide family: receptor pharmacology, pleiotropic biological actions, and implications in health and disease

R Lang, AL Gundlach, B Kofler - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2007 - Elsevier
The galanin peptide family consists of the “parental” galanin, galanin-message-associated
peptide (GMAP) which derives from the same peptide precursor gene product as galanin …

[HTML][HTML] Galanin receptors and ligands

KEB Webling, J Runesson, T Bartfai… - Frontiers in …, 2012 - frontiersin.org
The neuropeptide galanin was first discovered 30 years ago. Today, the galanin family
consists of galanin, galanin-like peptide (GALP), galanin-message associated peptide …

Ventrolateral preoptic nucleus contains sleep-active, galaninergic neurons in multiple mammalian species

SE Gaus, RE Strecker, BA Tate, RA Parker, CB Saper - Neuroscience, 2002 - Elsevier
The ventrolateral preoptic nucleus (VLPO) is a group of sleep-active neurons that has been
identified in the hypothalamus of rats and is thought to inhibit the major ascending …

Galanin/GMAP‐and NPY‐like immunoreactivities in locus coeruleus and noradrenergic nerve terminals in the hippocampal formation and cortex with notes on the …

ZQD Xu, TJS Shi, T Hökfelt - Journal of Comparative Neurology, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
By using immunofluorescence methodology, extensive galanin (GAL) and GAL message‐
associated peptide (GMAP)‐positive terminal networks were observed in the hippocampal …

Immunohistochemical mapping of nitric oxide synthase in the rat hypothalamus and colocalization with neuropeptides

K Yamada, P Emson, T Hökfelt - Journal of chemical neuroanatomy, 1996 - Elsevier
The localization and distribution of nitric oxide synthase in the hypothalamus have been
studied with an immunohistochemical technique using antibodies to neuronal rat nitric oxide …

Influence of leukemia inhibitory factor on galanin/GMAP and neuropeptide Y expression in mouse primary sensory neurons after axotomy

J Corness, TJ Shi, ZQ Xu, P Brulet, T Hökfelt - Experimental brain research, 1996 - Springer
The effect of unilateral transection of the sciatic nerve on expression of immunoreactive
galanin (GAL), galanin-message-associated peptide (GMAP) and neuropeptide tyrosine …

Galanin—10 years with a neuroendocrine peptide

K Bedecs, M Berthold, T Bartfai - The international journal of biochemistry & …, 1995 - Elsevier
Galanin is a 29 30 amino acids long neuropeptide which does not belong to any known
peptide family. The N-terminal first 16 amino acids of the molecule are both necessary and …

Effect of peripheral nerve injury on dorsal root ganglion neurons in the C57 BL/6J mouse: marked changes both in cell numbers and neuropeptide expression

TJS Shi, T Tandrup, E Bergman, ZQD Xu, B Ulfhake… - Neuroscience, 2001 - Elsevier
Several types of changes have been reported to occur in dorsal root ganglia following
peripheral nerve injury, including loss of neurons and increases and decreases in peptide …

Galanin: a biologically active peptide

ME Vrontakis - Current Drug Targets-CNS & Neurological …, 2002 - ingentaconnect.com
Galanin is a biologically active neuropeptide, widely distributed in the central and peripheral
nervous systems and the endocrine system. The amino acid sequence of galanin is very …

Neuropeptides, nitric oxide synthase and GAP-43 in B4-binding and RT97 immunoreactive primary sensory neurons: normal distribution pattern and changes after …

E Bergman, K Carlsson, A Liljeborg, E Manders… - Brain research, 1999 - Elsevier
We have here sought to cross-correlate the expression of immunoreactivities for several
neuropeptides, nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and the growth associated protein GAP-43 in …