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List of works by Maurice R. Elphick

A genomic view of the sea urchin nervous system

scientific article

A new perspective on cannabinoid signalling: complementary localization of fatty acid amide hydrolase and the CB1 receptor in rat brain

scientific article published on 01 November 1998

Altered expression of the CB1 cannabinoid receptor in the triple transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.

scientific article published in January 2014

An evolutionarily conserved mechanism for sensitization of soluble guanylyl cyclase reveals extensive nitric oxide-mediated upregulation of cyclic GMP in insect brain

scientific article published in September 2004

An invertebrate G-protein coupled receptor is a chimeric cannabinoid/melanocortin receptor ⬇️

scientific article published on January 5, 1998

Ancient role of vasopressin/oxytocin-type neuropeptides as regulators of feeding revealed in an echinoderm

scientific article published on 31 July 2019

Behavioral role for nitric oxide in chemosensory activation of feeding in a mollusc

scientific article published in November 1995

BfCBR: A cannabinoid receptor ortholog in the cephalochordate Branchiostoma floridae (Amphioxus)

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Bioactivity and structural properties of chimeric analogs of the starfish SALMFamide neuropeptides S1 and S2.

scientific article published on 8 August 2014

Body wall structure in the starfish Asterias rubens.

scientific article published on 16 July 2017

CB1 cannabinoid receptor activity is modulated by the cannabinoid receptor interacting protein CRIP 1a

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CRIP1a switches cannabinoid receptor agonist/antagonist-mediated protection from glutamate excitotoxicity

scientific article published on 27 August 2011

Cannabinoid receptor-interacting protein 1a modulates CB1 receptor signaling and regulation

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Cannabinoid receptor-interacting protein Crip1a modulates CB1 receptor signaling in mouse hippocampus

scientific article published on 15 March 2015

Cholecystokinin in the central nervous system of the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus: precursor identification and neuroanatomical relationships with other neuronal signalling systems

scientific article published on 05 December 2019

Comparative analysis of fatty acid amide hydrolase and cb(1) cannabinoid receptor expression in the mouse brain: evidence of a widespread role for fatty acid amide hydrolase in regulation of endocannabinoid signaling

scientific article published in January 2003

Comparative analysis of nitric oxide and SALMFamide neuropeptides as general muscle relaxants in starfish

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Dark-dependent soluble guanylyl cyclase activity in locust photoreceptor cells.

scientific article published in February 1999

Discovery and functional characterisation of a luqin-type neuropeptide signalling system in a deuterostome.

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Discovery of a novel neurophysin-associated neuropeptide that triggers cardiac stomach contraction and retraction in starfish.

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Discovery of a second SALMFamide gene in the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus reveals that L-type and F-type SALMFamide neuropeptides coexist in an echinoderm species

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Discovery of sea urchin NGFFFamide receptor unites a bilaterian neuropeptide family

scientific article published on April 2015

Echinoderms provide missing link in the evolution of PrRP/sNPF-type neuropeptide signalling

scientific article published on 24 June 2020

Effects of cytokines and nitric oxide donors on insulin secretion, cyclic GMP and DNA damage: relation to nitric oxide production

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Enhanced fidelity of diffusive nitric oxide signalling by the spatial segregation of source and target neurones in the memory centre of an insect brain

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Evolution of Cannabinoid Receptors in Vertebrates: Identification of a CB2Gene in the Puffer FishFugu rubripes

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Evolution of neuropeptide signalling systems

scientific article published on 9 February 2018

Fatty acid amide hydrolase in brain ventricular epithelium: mutually exclusive patterns of expression in mouse and rat.

scientific article published in November 2004

From gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone to SIFamides: are echinoderm SALMFamides the "missing link" in a bilaterian family of neuropeptides that regulate reproductive processes?

scientific article published on 30 August 2013

Functional characterization of a second pedal peptide/orcokinin-type neuropeptide signaling system in the starfish Asterias rubens.

scientific article published on 8 December 2017

Identification of a neuropeptide precursor protein that gives rise to a "cocktail" of peptides that bind Cu(II) and generate metal-linked dimers.

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Identification of a novel starfish neuropeptide that acts as a muscle relaxant

scientific article published on 23 January 2016

Identification of novel SALMFamide neuropeptides in the starfish Marthasterias glacialis

scientific article published on 09 February 2007

Isolation of the neuropeptide SALMFamide-1 from starfish using a new antiserum

scientific article published on 01 May 1991

Large-scale transcriptome changes in the process of long-term visual memory formation in the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris

scientific article published on 11 January 2018

Localisation of cannabinoid receptor 1 in rat dorsal root ganglion using in situ hybridisation and immunohistochemistry

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Localisation of cannabinoid receptors in the rat brain using antibodies to the intracellular C-terminal tail of CB.

scientific article published on June 2000

Localization of CiCBR in the invertebrate chordate Ciona intestinalis: evidence of an ancient role for cannabinoid receptors as axonal regulators of neuronal signalling

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Localization of N-acyl phosphatidylethanolamine phospholipase D (NAPE-PLD) expression in mouse brain: A new perspective on N-acylethanolamines as neural signaling molecules

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Localization of Nitric Oxide Synthase Using NADPH Diaphorase Histochemistry

scientific article published on January 1, 1997

Localization of nitric oxide synthase in the central complex and surrounding midbrain neuropils of the locust Schistocerca gregaria

scientific article published in April 2005

Localization of soluble guanylyl cyclase alpha-subunit in identified insect neurons

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Localization of the endocannabinoid-degrading enzyme fatty acid amide hydrolase in rat dorsal root ganglion cells and its regulation after peripheral nerve injury.

scientific article published in March 2009

MRAP and MRAP2 are bidirectional regulators of the melanocortin receptor family

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Minocycline treatment inhibits microglial activation and alters spinal levels of endocannabinoids in a rat model of neuropathic pain.

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Molecular characterisation of SALMFamide neuropeptides in sea urchins

scientific article published on 01 November 2005

NG peptides: a novel family of neurophysin-associated neuropeptides

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NGFFFamide and echinotocin: structurally unrelated myoactive neuropeptides derived from neurophysin-containing precursors in sea urchins

scientific article published in April 2009

Neural control of muscle relaxation in echinoderms.

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Neuropeptide precursors and neuropeptides in the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus: a genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic analysis

scientific article published on 20 June 2019

Neuropeptides and polypeptide hormones in echinoderms: new insights from analysis of the transcriptome of the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus

scientific article published on 15 December 2013

New features of the locust optic lobe: evidence of a role for nitric oxide in insect vision

scientific article published in January 1996

New techniques for whole-mount NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry demonstrated in insect ganglia

scientific article published in April 2003

Nitric oxide synthase histochemistry in insect nervous systems: Methanol/formalin fixation reveals the neuroarchitecture of formaldehyde-sensitive NADPH diaphorase in the cockroach Periplaneta americana

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Nitric oxide synthase in crayfish walking leg ganglia: segmental differences in chemo-tactile centers argue against a generic role in sensory integration

scientific article published in March 2007

Nitric oxide synthesis and action in an invertebrate brain

scientific article published in August 1993

Nitric oxide synthesis in locust olfactory interneurones

scientific article published on 01 January 1995

Opsin evolution in the Ambulacraria.

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Pedal peptide/orcokinin-type neuropeptide signaling in a deuterostome: The anatomy and pharmacology of starfish myorelaxant peptide in Asterias rubens

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Phylogeny of Echinoderm Hemoglobins

scientific article published on 6 August 2015

Prolonged exposure to WIN55,212-2 causes downregulation of the CB1 receptor and the development of tolerance to its anticonvulsant effects in the hippocampal neuronal culture model of acquired epilepsy

scientific article published on 18 June 2009

Reconstructing SALMFamide Neuropeptide Precursor Evolution in the Phylum Echinodermata: Ophiuroid and Crinoid Sequence Data Provide New Insights

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SALMFamide neuropeptides cause relaxation and eversion of the cardiac stomach in starfish

scientific article published in 1999

SALMFamide salmagundi: the biology of a neuropeptide family in echinoderms

scientific article published on 28 February 2014

Sensory afferents and motor neurons as targets for nitric oxide in the locust

scientific article published in July 2000

Structural analysis of the starfish SALMFamide neuropeptides S1 and S2: the N-terminal region of S2 facilitates self-association

scientific article published on 5 November 2013

The Evolution and Variety of RFamide-Type Neuropeptides: Insights from Deuterostomian Invertebrates

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The Protein Precursors of Peptides That Affect the Mechanics of Connective Tissue and/or Muscle in the Echinoderm Apostichopus japonicus ⬇️

scientific article published on August 31, 2012

The SALMFamides: a new family of neuropeptides isolated from an echinoderm

scientific article published on 01 February 1991

The endocannabinoid system controls key epileptogenic circuits in the hippocampus

scientific article published on August 2006

The evolution and comparative neurobiology of endocannabinoid signalling ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 5 December 2012)

The evolution and diversity of SALMFamide neuropeptides

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The genome of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

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The invertebrate ancestry of endocannabinoid signalling: an orthologue of vertebrate cannabinoid receptors in the urochordate Ciona intestinalis

scientific article published in January 2003

The melanocortin 2 receptor accessory protein exists as a homodimer and is essential for the function of the melanocortin 2 receptor in the mouse y1 cell line.

scientific article published on 27 December 2007

The neurobiology and evolution of cannabinoid signalling

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The neuropeptide transcriptome of a model echinoderm, the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus.

scientific article published on 28 September 2012

The phylogenetic distribution and evolutionary origins of endocannabinoid signalling

scientific article published in January 2005

Tissue distribution of the SALMFamide neuropeptides S1 and S2 in the starfish Asterias rubens using novel monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies. I. Nervous and locomotory systems

scientific article published on 01 July 1995

Transcriptomic identification of starfish neuropeptide precursors yields new insights into neuropeptide evolution

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