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  • adjective Describing neurons that secrete peptide hormones as their neurotransmitters

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Examples

  • No—about peptidergic innervation of the internal anal sphincter in Hirschsprung's Disease.

    Norm Bladdon, Private G.I. Con Chapman 2011

  • How many indirect effects effects can be elicited by direct NGF action on cholinergic, adrenergic and peptidergic neurons interlinked via fiber pathways and humoral channels or through short-distance diffusion?

    Nobel Lecture The Nerve Growth Factor: Thirty-Five Years Later 1986

  • These results underscore the importance of central peptidergic processing within the context of stress and place corazonin signaling as a critical feature of neuroendocrine events that shape stress responses and may underlie the inherent sexual dimorphic differences in stress responses.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • These results underscore the importance of central peptidergic processing within the context of stress and place corazonin signaling as a critical feature of neuroendocrine events that shape stress responses and may underlie the inherent sexual dimorphic differences in stress responses.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • Rekling JC, Bocchiaro CM, Feldman JL (1999) Modulation of respiratory frequency by peptidergic input to rhythmogenic neurons in the preBotzinger complex.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Amanda R. Lorier et al. 2010

  • Choi YJ, Lee G, Park JH (2006) Programmed cell death mechanisms of identifiable peptidergic neurons in

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yan Zhao et al. 2010

  • These results underscore the importance of central peptidergic processing within the context of stress and place corazonin signaling as a critical feature of neuroendocrine events that shape stress responses and may underlie the inherent sexual dimorphic differences in stress responses.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yan Zhao et al. 2010

  • Gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) has been proposed as a peptidergic molecule for behavioral fear and itching.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Xiao-Yan Cao 2010

  • Choi YJ, Lee G, Park JH (2006) Programmed cell death mechanisms of identifiable peptidergic neurons in

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yan Zhao et al. 2010

  • These results underscore the importance of central peptidergic processing within the context of stress and place corazonin signaling as a critical feature of neuroendocrine events that shape stress responses and may underlie the inherent sexual dimorphic differences in stress responses.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yan Zhao et al. 2010

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