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Conservation of Expression of Neuropeptide Y5 Receptor between Human and Rat Hypothalamus and Limbic Regions Suggests an Integral Role in Central Neuroendocrine Control
1 Dec 1999
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Neuropeptide Y receptors belong to the G-protein-coupled receptor superfamily and mediate a wide variety of physiological functions, including blood pressure regulation, hormone release, appetite control, seizure propensity, cognition, and emotion. The recent description of a new neuropeptide Y receptor, Y5, expressed in hypothalamic nuclei in rat brain, raised the possibility that Y5 was the receptor mediating...
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