Neuropeptide Y in juvenile migraine and tension‐type headache

V Gallai, P Sarchielli, A Trequattrini… - … : The Journal of …, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is widely distributed throughout sympathetic nerve endings where it
is co‐stored and co‐secreted with noradrenaline. It is considered a marker of noradrenergic …

The relationship between neuropeptide Y expression and headache in pituitary tumours

MJ Levy, JD Classey, S Maneesri… - European journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Patients with pituitary tumours often present with disabling headache but there is no clear
relationship between tumour size and headache. Neuropeptide Y (NPY) has been identified …

Plasma neuropeptide Y in anxiety disorders: findings in panic disorder and social phobia

MB Stein, RL Hauger, KS Dhalla, MJ Chartier… - Psychiatry …, 1996 - Elsevier
The demonstration in preclinical studies that centrally administered neuropeptide Y (NPY)
has anxiolytic effects had led to speculation that NPY may play a role in human anxiety …

Neuropeptide Y: emerging evidence for a functional role in seizure modulation

A Vezzani, G Sperk, WF Colmers - Trends in neurosciences, 1999 - cell.com
The high concentration of the tyrosine-rich polypeptide, neuropeptide Y (NPY), and the
increase in the number of its receptor subtypes that have been characterized in the brain …

Neuropeptide Y: an overview of central distribution, functional aspects, and possible involvement in neuropsychiatric illnesses

M Heilig, E Widerlöv - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
Neuropeptide Y (NPY) was first discovered and characterized as a 36‐amino‐acid peptide
neurotransmitter in 1982. It is widely distributed in the central nervous system, with …

Neuropeptide Y: anatomical distribution and possible function in mammalian nervous system

TS Gray, JE Morley - Life sciences, 1986 - Elsevier
Neuropeptide Y (NYP) is a 36 amino acid peptide which shares considerable sequence
homology with pancreatic polypeptide and peptide YY. NPY is widely distributed within …

[HTML][HTML] Neuropeptide Y inhibits the trigeminovascular pathway through NPY Y1 receptor: implications for migraine

MM Oliveira, S Akerman, I Tavares, PJ Goadsby - Pain, 2016 - journals.lww.com
2. Materials and methods All experiments were conducted under a license of the University
of California, San Francisco Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and …

Central functions of neuropeptide Y in mood and anxiety disorders

G Wu, A Feder, G Wegener, C Bailey… - Expert opinion on …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is a highly conserved neuropeptide belonging to the
pancreatic polypeptide family. Its potential role in the etiology and pathophysiology of mood …

Novel expression pattern of neuropeptide Y immunoreactivity in the peripheral nervous system in a rat model of neuropathic pain

C Magnussen, SP Hung… - Molecular Pain, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Neuropeptide Y (NPY) has been implicated in the modulation of pain. Under
normal conditions, NPY is found in interneurons in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord and in …

Neuropeptide Y and its role in anxiety-related disorders

Y Dumont, JC Morales-Medina, R Quirion - Transmitters and Modulators in …, 2009 - Springer
Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is one of the most abundant peptide in the brain and has been
implicated in various biological functions. Pre-clinical and clinical investigations have …