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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript"”.
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Cocaine- and Amphetamine-Regulated Transcript Peptide Attenuates Baroreflex in the Rat.
<p>Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) was first identified in the rat striatum where levels were upregulated following cocaine or amphetamine administration. A dense plexus of CART-immunoreactive fibers is noted in the nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS). Results from …
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Appetite Regulatory Neural Circuitry in the Prenatal Testosterone Treated and Obese Ewe
Body weight and energy expenditure are regulated by the nervous systerfi. The first aim of this thesis was to characterize appetite regulatory neurons in the sheep brain which express both agouti-related protein (AgRP) and neuropeptide Y (NPY), or proopiomelanocortin (POMC) and cocaine- and …
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Genome-wide census and expression profiling of chicken neuropeptide and prohormone convertase genes
Neuropeptides regulate cell-cell signaling and influence many biological processes in vertebrates, including development, growth, and reproduction. The complex processing of neuropeptides from prohormone proteins by prohormone convertases, combined with the evolutionary distance between the chicken …
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Hirschsprung´s Disease & Gastroesophageal Reflux. Aspects on Two Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders in Childhood
… motility disorders are common in childhood and in this thesis we look at two of them, i.e. Hirschsprung´s Disease (HD) and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in five different studies. HD is a congenital disease characterized by an abscence of ganglion cells in myenteric and submucous …
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Mechanisms of hypothalamic regulation of food intake in birds
… for survival across all vertebrate species and involves a multitude of physiological systems that are regulated by both central and peripheral neural signaling. The hypothalamus is responsible for integrating and processing these signals and thus is regarded as the regulatory center for …
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Interactions Between Microbial, Neuronal, and Immune Cells in the Digestive System
… tissue functions, including digestion, sensing and absorption of nutrients, and excretion of waste products. In performing these roles, the intestine faces the unique challenge of remaining tolerant to harmless or beneficial diet- and microbederived stimuli, while simultaneously protecting …