neuropeptide
noun
neu·ro·pep·tide
ˌnu̇r-ə-ˈpep-ˌtīd 
ˌnyu̇r-
: an endogenous peptide that influences neural activity or functioning
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The urine of the women who get UTIs also contained a neuropeptide that’s made when neurons are activated.
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Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 1 Mar. 2024
The experts also mapped how the individual clusters interact with one another and are in contact with the help of neurotransmitters and neuropeptides.
—Karin Schlott, Scientific American, 18 Dec. 2023
These include hormones such as insulin, neuropeptides like endorphins, and oxytocin, as well as many others that most of us have never heard of.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 Sep. 2023
The researchers found higher levels of that brain chemical—neuropeptide Y (NPY)—in humans, compared with our closest living relatives.
—Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2023
Orexin is a neuropeptide that is involved in regulating wakefulness and arousal.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
Adrafinil may stimulate the production of orexin, a neuropeptide that is involved in regulating wakefulness and arousal [7].
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
But dopamine is not a neuropeptide.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 8 May 2017
And the activity increases the release of neuropeptide Y, a substance that is linked to stress reduction.
—Andrea Petersen, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2022
Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 1 Mar. 2024
The experts also mapped how the individual clusters interact with one another and are in contact with the help of neurotransmitters and neuropeptides.
—Karin Schlott, Scientific American, 18 Dec. 2023
These include hormones such as insulin, neuropeptides like endorphins, and oxytocin, as well as many others that most of us have never heard of.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 Sep. 2023
The researchers found higher levels of that brain chemical—neuropeptide Y (NPY)—in humans, compared with our closest living relatives.
—Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2023
Orexin is a neuropeptide that is involved in regulating wakefulness and arousal.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
Adrafinil may stimulate the production of orexin, a neuropeptide that is involved in regulating wakefulness and arousal [7].
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
But dopamine is not a neuropeptide.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 8 May 2017
And the activity increases the release of neuropeptide Y, a substance that is linked to stress reduction.
—Andrea Petersen, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2022
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neuropeptide
noun
neu·ro·pep·tide
ˌn(y)u̇r-ə-ˈpep-ˌtīd
: an endogenous peptide (as an endorphin or an enkephalin) that influences neural activity or functioning
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