Astrocytes are neural cells of ectodermal, neuroepithelial origin that provide for homeostasis
and defense of the central nervous system (CNS). Astrocytes are highly heterogeneous in …

In the brain, astrocytes are associated intimately with neurons and surround synapses. Due
to their close proximity to synaptic clefts, astrocytes are in a prime location for receiving …

Neuropeptide Y, peptide YY and pancreatic polypeptide share an evolutionary conserved
proline-rich N-terminal sequence, a structure generally known to be inert to the attack of …

Gold nanoparticles have unique optical and chemical properties that make them ideally
suited for a number of applications in bionanotechnology, including optical probes, targeted …

The main somatostatin‐degrading proteases were purified from rat and pig brain
homogenates and characterized as thiol‐and metal‐dependent endoproteases. Two types …

Several neuropeptides, including neurotensin, somatostatin, bradykinin, angiotensin II,
substance P, and luteinizing hormone‐releasing hormone but not vasopressin and oxytocin …

The recent availability of isotope-labelled somatostatin analogues has allowed one to detect
somatostatin receptors in normal tissue as well as in endocrine or non-endocrine cranial …

Endozepines, a family of regulatory peptides related to diazepam‐binding inhibitor (DBI),
are synthesized and released by astroglial cells. Because rat astrocytes express various …

Interleukin 6 is a pleiotropic cytokine produced in the central nervous system (CNS) that has
been involved in both direct neurotrophic activities and in the regulation of the production of …

Somatostatin receptor scintigraphy (SRS) using 111In-octreotide has proven useful in the
preoperative discrimination of expansive central nervous system lesions. Meningiomas …