Peptide Receptors, Part I (Handbook of Chemical Neuroanatomy)
Contributors: R. Quirion (Editor); A. Bj&ouml;rklund (Editor); T. H&ouml;kfelt (Editor)
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Published: May 1, 2000
Language: eng
Number of pages: 540
ISBN-13: 9780444829726
First sentence: Somatostatin (somatotropin release-inhibiting factor, SRIF) was initially characterized as a 14-amino acid hypothalamic neurohormonal peptide (Brazeau et al., 1972) involved in the inhibitory control of growth hormone (GH) secretion from anterior pituitary somatotrophs (Brazeau et al., 1972).