Definition of Neuropeptides

1. Noun. (plural of neuropeptide) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Neuropeptides

1. neuropeptide [n] - See also: neuropeptide

Medical Definition of Neuropeptides

1. Peptides released by neurons as intercellular messengers. Many neuropeptides are also hormones released by non-neuronal cells. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Neuropeptides

neuropathogenesis
neuropathogenetic
neuropathogenic
neuropathogens
neuropathologic
neuropathological
neuropathologically
neuropathologist
neuropathologists
neuropathology
neuropaths
neuropathy
neuropediatrics
neuropeptide
neuropeptide y
neuropeptides (current term)
neuropharmacologies
neuropharmacologist
neuropharmacologists
neuropharmacology
neurophenomenological
neurophenomenology
neurophilic
neurophonia
neurophysical
neurophysicist
neurophysicists
neurophysics
neurophysin
neurophysins

Literary usage of Neuropeptides

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Alcohol and the Brain (1993)
"ALCOHOL AND neuropeptides In recent years, it has been discovered that the ... Many of these neuropeptides seem to be present in the same neurons as the ..."

2. Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"neuropeptides may contribute to the development of most of the characteristic features ... NEP cleaves and inactivates neuropeptides, thereby limiting their ..."

3. Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing by Larry Chang (2006)
"neuropeptides provide the physiological basis for the emotions ... The striking pattern of neuropeptide receptor distribution in mood-regulating areas of ..."

4. Understanding the Immune System by Lydia Woods Schindler (1991)
"More recently it has become apparent that hormones and neuropeptides (hormone-like ... Macrophages and T cells carry receptors for certain neuropeptides; ..."

5. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"On the one hand mediators such as IL-1 and IL-2 participating in IgE and other immune responses also affect the release of neuropeptides such as substance P ..."

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