Neuropeptide

From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium

Neuropeptides are "peptides released by neurons as intercellular messengers. Many neuropeptides are also hormones released by non-neuronal cells."^[1]

Contents 1 Types of neuropeptides 1.1 Gastrins 1.2 Neuropeptide Y 1.3 Opioids 1.4 Secretins 1.5 Somatostatins 1.6 Others 2 References

Types of neuropeptides

Gastrins

• Gastrin
• Cholecystokinin (CCK)

Neurohypophyseals

• Vasopressin
• Oxytocin
• Neurophysin I
• Neurophysin II

Neuropeptide Y

• Neuropeptide Y (NY)
• Pancreatic polypeptide (PP)
• Peptide YY (PYY)

Opioids

• Corticotropin (adrenocorticotropic hormone, ACTH)
• Beta-lipotropin
• Dynorphin
• Endorphin
• Enkephaline
• Leumorphin

Secretins

• Secretin
• Motilin
• Glucagon
• Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP)
• Growth hormone-releasing factor (GRF)

Somatostatins

• Somatostatin

Tachykinins

• Neurokinin A
• Neurokinin B
• Neuropeptide A
• Neuropeptide gamma
• Substance P

Others

• Bombesin
• Gastrin releasing peptide (GRP)

References

1. ↑ Anonymous. Neuropeptides. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.