Regulatory Peptides and Cognate Receptors

384 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The 'Chicken and Egg' Problem of Co-evolution of Peptides and Their Cognate Receptors: Which Came First?.- Thyrotropin Releasing Hormone (TRH), the TRH-Receptor and the TRH-Degrading Ectoenzyme; Three Elements of a Peptidergic Signalling System.- Corticotropin-Releasing Factor (CRF) and its Role in the Central Nervous System.- CRF and CRF Receptors.- Neural Oxytocinergic Systems as Genomic Targets for Hormones and as Modulators of Hormone-Dependent Behaviors.- Vasopressin Receptors: Structural Functional Relationships and Role in Neural and Endocrine Regulation.- The Oxytocin Receptor.- Targeted Mutagenesis of the Murine Opioid System.- Orphan Receptors and the Concept of Reverse Physiology: Discovery of the Novel Neuropeptide Orphanin FQ/Nociceptin.- Molecular Biology of the Receptors for Somatostatin and Cortistatin.- Novel Neurotransmitters for Sleep and Energy Homeostasis.- Galanin and Galanin Receptors.- The Cholecystokinin - Gastrin Family of Peptides and Their Receptors.- Function of the Neuropeptide Head Activator for Early Neural and Neuroendocrine Development.- Invertebrate Neurohormones and Their Receptors.

• Reihe: Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation
• Themen: Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften Biologie, Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, allgemein Neurowissenschaften
• ISBN: 9783662129081
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 03.10.2013
• Größe: 235 x 155 mm
• Verlag: Springer
• Herausgegeben von: Dietmar Richter