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7alpha-Hydroxypregnenolone acts as a neuronal activator to stimulate locomotor activity of breeding newts by means of the dopaminergic system

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A Novel Avian Hypothalamic Peptide Inhibiting Gonadotropin Release

scientific article published on 01 August 2000

A new key neurohormone controlling reproduction, gonadotrophin-inhibitory hormone in birds: discovery, progress and prospects.

scientific article published on March 2009

A novel amphibian hypothalamic neuropeptide: isolation, localization, and biological activity

scientific article published on 01 February 2002

A novel aspect of the cerebellum: biosynthesis of neurosteroids in the Purkinje cell.

scientific article published on January 2003

A novel gut tetradecapeptide isolated from the earthworm, Eisenia foetida

scientific article published on 01 January 1995

A novel rat hypothalamic RFamide-related peptide identified by immunoaffinity chromatography and mass spectrometry

scientific article published in February 2002

A unique mechanism of successful fertilization in a domestic bird

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Age- and region-specific expressions of the messenger RNAs encoding for steroidogenic enzymes P450scc, P450c17 and 3β-HSD in the postnatal rat brain ⬇️

scientific article published on August 10, 1998

Annetocin, an annelid oxytocin-related peptide, induces egg-laying behavior in the earthworm, Eisenia foetida

scientific article published on 01 October 1996

Annetocin: an oxytocin-related peptide isolated from the earthworm, Eisenia foetida

scientific article published on 01 January 1994

Avian and murine neurosecretory protein GL participates in the regulation of feeding and energy metabolism.

scientific article published on 23 September 2017

Biosynthesis and action of neurosteroids in the cerebellar Purkinje neuron.

scientific article published in June 2003

Biosynthesis, mode of action, and functional significance of neurosteroids in the purkinje cell.

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Central administration of chicken growth hormone-releasing hormone decreases food intake in chicks

scientific article published on 18 November 2014

Characterization of a cDNA encoding a novel avian hypothalamic neuropeptide exerting an inhibitory effect on gonadotropin release

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Characterization of an avian histidine decarboxylase and localization of histaminergic neurons in the chicken brain

scientific article published on 30 June 2014

Characterization of novel antimicrobial peptides from the skin of the endangered frog Odorrana ishikawae by shotgun cDNA cloning

scientific article published on August 16, 2011

Chronic subcutaneous infusion of neurosecretory protein GM increases body mass gain in chicks.

scientific article published on 16 November 2017

Comparison of precursor structures of the GGNG peptides derived from the earthworm Eisenia foetida and the leech Hirudo nipponia.

scientific article published in February 1999

Cytochrome P450 Side-Chain Cleavage Enzyme in the Cerebellar Purkinje Neuron and Its Neonatal Change in Rats1 ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 1998

Dendritic growth and spine formation in response to estrogen in the developing Purkinje cell.

scientific article published on 17 July 2003

Dendritic growth in response to environmental estrogens in the developing Purkinje cell in rats.

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Dendritic spine formation in response to progesterone synthesized de novo in the developing Purkinje cell in rats.

scientific article published in April 2002

Developmental changes in galanin receptors in the quail oviduct and the effect of ovarian sex steroids on galanin receptor induction

scientific article published in October 1998

Developmental changes in gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone in the Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) hypothalamo-hypophysial system.

scientific article published on August 2003

Developmental changes in progesterone biosynthesis and metabolism in the quail brain.

scientific article published in April 2001

Distribution of a novel avian gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone in the quail brain ⬇️

scientific article published on February 27, 2003

Distribution of novel RFamide-related peptide-like immunoreactivity in the mouse central nervous system

scientific article published in March 2001

Effects of Chronic Intracerebroventricular Infusion of RFamide-Related Peptide-3 on Energy Metabolism in Male Mice

scientific article published on 15 November 2020

Effects of annetocin, an oxytocin-related peptide isolated from the earthworm Eisenia foetida, and some putative neurotransmitters on gut motility of the earthworm

scientific article published on 01 June 1995

Effects of chronic intracerebroventricular infusion of neurosecretory protein GL on body mass and food and water intake in chicks

scientific article published on 26 May 2017

Existence of galanin in lumbosacral sympathetic ganglionic neurons that project to the quail uterine oviduct

scientific article published on 01 December 2000

Expression and activity of 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/Delta5-Delta4-isomerase in different regions of the avian brain.

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Expression and distribution of octopus gonadotropin-releasing hormone in the central nervous system and peripheral organs of the octopus (Octopus vulgaris) by in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry

scientific article published in September 2004

Expression and localization of 25-Dx, a membrane-associated putative progesterone-binding protein, in the developing Purkinje cell.

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Expression, localization and possible actions of 25-Dx, a membraneassociated putative progesterone-binding protein, in the developing Purkinje cell of the cerebellum: a new insight into the biosynthesis, metabolism and multiple actions of progestero

scientific article published on January 2008

Gonadotrophin inhibitory hormone depresses gonadotrophin alpha and follicle-stimulating hormone beta subunit expression in the pituitary of the domestic chicken.

scientific article published in December 2004

Gonadotropin-inhibitory peptide in song sparrows (Melospiza melodia) in different reproductive conditions, and in house sparrows (Passer domesticus) relative to chicken-gonadotropin-releasing hormone.

scientific article published in August 2003

Hypothalamic LPXRF-amide peptides in vertebrates: identification, localization and hypophysiotropic activity.

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Identification and characterization of antimicrobial peptides from the skin of the endangered frog Odorrana ishikawae.

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Identification and localization of gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH) orthologs in the hypothalamus of the red-eared slider turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans.

scientific article published on 27 June 2015

Identification and structure-activity relationship of an antimicrobial peptide of the palustrin-2 family isolated from the skin of the endangered frog Odorrana ishikawae.

scientific article published on 3 September 2011

Identification of 3beta,5beta-tetrahydroprogesterone, a progesterone metabolite, and its stimulatory action on preoptic neurons in the avian brain.

scientific article published in May 2004

Identification of a cDNA encoding a novel small secretory protein, neurosecretory protein GL, in the chicken hypothalamic infundibulum.

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Identification of neurotensin and LANT-6 and localization of mRNA encoding their precursor in the chicken brain

scientific article published in June 2014

Identification, expression, and physiological functions of Siberian hamster gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone

scientific article published on November 2011

Identification, localisation and functional implication of 26RFa orthologue peptide in the brain of zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata).

scientific article published in September 2011

Identification, localization and function of a novel neuropeptide, 26RFa, and its cognate receptor, GPR103, in the avian hypothalamus.

scientific article published on 30 March 2013

Identification, localization, and function of a novel avian hypothalamic neuropeptide, 26RFa, and its cognate receptor, G protein-coupled receptor-103.

scientific article published on 22 March 2010

Immunochemical demonstration of Eisenia tetradecapeptide, a bioactive peptide isolated from the gut of the earthworm Eisenia foetida, in tissues of the earthworm

scientific article published on 01 June 1997

Immunohistochemical Localization of Annetocin, an Earthworm Oxytocin-Related Peptide, and Identification and Ultrastructural Characteristics of the Annetocin-Secretory Cells in the Oligochaete Earthworm Eisenia foetida

scientific article published on 01 June 1998

Isolation and characterization of a GnRH-like peptide from Octopus vulgaris

scientific article published in March 2002

Localization and function of neurosecretory protein GM, a novel small secretory protein, in the chicken hypothalamus.

scientific article published on 15 January 2018

Localization of leech excitatory peptide, a member of the GGNG peptides, in the central nervous system of a leech (Whitmania pigra) by immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization

scientific article published on 01 July 1999

Melatonin induces the expression of gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone in the avian brain.

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Microwave-assisted solid-phase peptide synthesis of neurosecretory protein GL composed of 80 amino acid residues

scientific article published on 24 February 2015

Mode of action and functional significance of avian gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH): a review.

scientific article published on September 2006

Molecular evolution and functional characterization of the orexigenic peptide 26RFa and its receptor in vertebrates ⬇️

scientific article published on January 29, 2011

Molecular evolution of GPCRs: 26Rfa/GPR103

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Neural interaction of gonadotropin-regulating hormone immunoreactive neurons and the suprachiasmatic nucleus with the paraventricular organ in the Japanese grass lizard (Takydromus tachydromoides).

scientific article published in March 2006

Neurosecretory Protein GL Induces Fat Accumulation in Chicks

scientific article published on 19 June 2019

Neurosecretory Protein GL, a Hypothalamic Small Secretory Protein, Participates in Energy Homeostasis in Male Mice.

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Neurosecretory protein GL induces fat accumulation in mice

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Neurosecretory protein GL stimulates food intake, de novo lipogenesis, and onset of obesity

scientific article published on 11 August 2017

Novel fish hypothalamic neuropeptides stimulate the release of gonadotrophins and growth hormone from the pituitary of sockeye salmon

scientific article published in March 2006

Photoperiodic response of serotonin- and galanin-immunoreactive neurons of the paraventricular organ and infundibular nucleus in Japanese quail, Coturnix coturnix japonica.

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Pregnenolone, pregnenolone sulfate, and cytochrome P450 side-chain cleavage enzyme in the amphibian brain and their seasonal changes.

scientific article published in April 1999

Production and characterization of neurosecretory protein GM using Escherichia coli and Chinese Hamster Ovary cells.

scientific article published on 22 October 2015

Seasonal changes in neurosteroid concentrations in the amphibian brain and environmental factors regulating their changes.

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Synchronised expressions of LPXRFamide peptide and its receptor genes: seasonal, diurnal and circadian changes during spawning period in grass puffer.

scientific article published on January 2011

The Arg-Phe-amide peptide 26RFa/QRFP and its Receptor. IUPHAR Review

scientific article published on 14 June 2017

The GGNG peptides: novel myoactive peptides isolated from the gut and the whole body of the earthworms

scientific article published on 01 November 1995

The general and comparative biology of gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH).

scientific article published on 4 December 2006

The leech excitatory peptide, a member of the GGNG peptide family: isolation and comparison with the earthworm GGNG peptides

scientific article published on 01 June 1997

The orexigenic effect of GnIH is mediated by central opioid receptors in chicks

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Unique form and osmoregulatory function of a neurohypophysial hormone in a urochordate

scientific article published on 26 June 2008

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