Phylogenetic aspects of neuropeptides
Subtitle: from invertebrates to humans
By: issue editors, Hubert Vaudry, Seiji Shioda
Contributors: New York Academy of Sciences
Series: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences -- v. 1200; Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences -- v. 1200.
Publisher: Published by Blackwell Pub. on behalf of the New York Academy of Sciences
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
ISBN-13: 9781573317986
Subjects: Neuroendocrinology; Physiological effect; Peptide Hormones; Neuropeptide Receptors; Neuropeptides; Catecholamines; Congresses; Phylogeny; Neurotransmitters
Notes: Cover title.

"This volume presents manuscripts stemming from an international symposium that was held on October 2-3, 2009 in Yakushima, Japan"--Contents p.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Coevolution of neuropeptidergic signaling systems : from worm to man --; title: Insights into the evolution of proglucagon-derived peptides and receptors in fish and amphibians --; title: Oxytocin/vasopressin and gonadotropin-releasing hormone from cephalopods to vertebrates --; title: Somatostatin and its receptors from fish to mammals --; title: Urotensin II, from fish to human --; title: Molecular coevolution of kisspeptins and their receptors from fish to mammals --; title: Phylogenetic aspects of gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone and its homologs in vertebrates --; title: Evolution of the opioid/ORL-1 receptor gene family --; title: Sexual differentiation of kisspeptin neurons responsible for sex difference in gonadotropin release in rats --; title: Neuromedin U is necessary for normal gastrointestinal motility and is regulated by serotonin --; title: Functional interaction of regulator of G protein signaling-2 with melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 1 --; title: Translational research of ghrelin --; title: Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide in the retina : focus on the retinoprotective effects --; title: Ghrelin : more than endogenous growth hormone secretagogue -- -- The; title: orexin system: roles in sleep/wake regulation --; title: Neuropeptide W : a key player in the homeostatic regulation of feeding and energy metabolism?