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Functional roles of the neuropeptide PACAP in brain and pancreas.
Life sciences - 5 Dec 2003
Shintani Norihito, Tomimoto Shuhei, Hashimoto Hitoshi, Kawaguchi Chihiro, Baba Akemichi
Abstract excerpt
Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) is a pleiotropic neuropeptide implicated in a broad variety of physiological processes. To assess PACAP's function in vivo, we recently generated PACAP knockout mice (PACAP(-/-)) and transgenic mice overexpressing PACAP specifically in th...
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