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Neuropeptides are "peptides released by neurons as intercellular messengers. Many neuropeptides are also hormones released by non-neuronal cells."[1]
Types of neuropeptides
Gastrins
- Gastrin
- Cholecystokinin (CCK)
Neuropeptide Y
- Neuropeptide Y (NY)
- Pancreatic polypeptide (PP)
- Peptide YY (PYY)
Opioids
- Corticotropin (adrenocorticotropic hormone, ACTH)
- Beta-lipotropin
- Dynorphin
- Endorphin
- Enkephaline
- Leumorphin
Secretins
Somatostatins
Others
References
- ↑ Anonymous. Neuropeptides. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.