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...hormones (like oxytocin), the distinction between a peptide hormone and a neuropeptide is often ill-defined.

...opin-releasing hormone neuronal activity ''Endocrinology'' 148:3666-73 ''"Neuropeptide Y (NPY) expression is prominent within the PVN, and previous reports indica ...to the ingestion of carbohydrate ''Brain Res'' 631:97-106 PMID 8298999 ''"Neuropeptide Y (NPY) injection into the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) stimu

...''et al.''| title = Differential regulation of agouti-related protein and neuropeptide Y in hypothalamic neurons following a stressful event | journal = J Mol End

...pituitary in response to stimulation by thyrotropin-releasing factor, a [[neuropeptide]] that is secreted by neuroendocrine neurones of the [[paraventricular nucl

Programming of hypothalamic neuropeptide gene expression in rats by maternal dietary

..., we describe a model that delineates the roles of individual hormonal and neuropeptide signalling pathways in the control of food intake and the means by which ob 1. Inhibiting appetite through its actions on the appetite-stimulating [[neuropeptide Y]] neurones and the appetite-inhibiting [[proopiomelanocortin]] (POMC) neu

...ynthesis of POMC and inhibits production of the orexigenic neuropeptides [[neuropeptide Y]] (NPY) and [[agouti related peptide]] (AgRP), therefore suppressing appe ...|500px|''Brain pathways'' Hormones entering the brain act on both POMC and neuropeptide Y neurons, resulting in altered food intake. Activation of neurons in the [

...ct levels of the hormones [[leptin]] and [[ghrelin]], as well as central [[neuropeptide Y]] (NPY), and [[proopiomelanocortin]] (POMC) mRNA. Sibutramine treatment d

...on SL, Luckman SM. |title=Induction of c-fos messenger ribonucleic acid in neuropeptide Y and growth hormone (GH)-releasing factor neurons in the rat arcuate nucle

...d similarly to fasting and leptin, indicating functional redundancy of the neuropeptide systems in these orexigenic neurons.) ...e stomach. Neuropeptides in the brain that influence food intake, of which neuropeptide Y, agouti gene-related peptide and orexins are stimulatory, while melanocor

...e CRH neurones are important regulators of stress responses. Inputs from [[neuropeptide Y]]-containing neurons in the [[arcuate nucleus]] and [[dorsomedial hypotha

{{main|Neuropeptide}} Over 50 [[neuropeptide]]s have been found, including hormones such as [[luteinizing hormone]] (LH)

Dhillo WS ''et al''. (2002) Hypothalamic interactions between neuropeptide Y, agouti-related protein, cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript an ...s E ''et al''. (1995) Regulation of proopiomelanocortin gene expression by neuropeptide Y in the rat arcuate nucleus. ''Brain Research'' 674:112-116 PMID 7773678.

...ed with the actions of two important regulators of food intake, leptin and neuropeptide"'' ...ed with the actions of two important regulators of food intake, leptin and neuropeptide Y''

...de differentially affects the stress-induced transcriptional activation of neuropeptide genes in parvocellular neurosecretory neurons ''Mol Brain Res'' 54:85-91

...orexigenic neurons in the arcuate mucleus co-express two neuropeptides: [[neuropeptide Y]] (NPY), and [[Agouti-related peptide]] (AgRP), and these neurones are in ...ry effect on CRF release.<ref>Dimitrov EL ''et al.'' (2006) Involvement of neuropeptide Y Y1 receptors in the regulation of neuroendocrine corticotropin-releasing

...erent populations of nerve cells, one of which makes a [[neuropeptide]], [[neuropeptide Y]], which is a very potent orexigen (when injected into the brain it cause

...ame=Dhillo13>Dhillo WS ''et al.'' (2002) Hypothalamic interactions between neuropeptide Y, agouti-related protein, cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript an ...s E ''et al''. (1995) Regulation of proopiomelanocortin gene expression by neuropeptide Y in the rat arcuate nucleus ''Brain Res'' 674:112-116 PMID 7773678</ref> [

* Neurons that contain [[neuropeptide Y]] (NPY); another peptide, [[agouti-related protein]] (AGRP); and the inhi

...peptide Y]] neurons in the arcuate nucleus. This inhibits the secretion of neuropeptide Y and [[agouti-related protein]], potent orexigenic peptides, releasing the