Ancient grandeur of the vertebrate neuropeptide Y system shown by the coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae

The neuropeptide Y (NPY) family receptors and peptides have previously been characterized in several tetrapods, teleost fishes and in a holocephalan cartilaginous fish. This has shown that the ancestral NPY system in the jawed vertebrates consisted of the peptides NPY and PYY and seven G-protein-cou...

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Main Authors: Dan eLarhammar, Christina A Bergqvist
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2013.00027/full