The roles of neuropeptides in Caenorhabditis elegans including their importance in the regulation of feeding and metabolism

Protein and Peptide Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 636-646

  Holden Dye, Lindy ^a   Walker, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Feeding; Locomotion; Metabolism; Neuropeptides; Sensory responses

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTOKININ B RECEPTOR; CHOLECYSTOKININ LIKE PEPTIDE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN; INSULIN; INSULIN LIKE PEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE LIKE PRECURSOR PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE LIKE PEPTIDE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOMATOMEDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DIET RESTRICTION; EGG LAYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERMAPHRODITISM; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTERNEURON; LIFESPAN; LOCOMOTION; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REPRODUCTION; SALT INTAKE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; NEUROPEPTIDES;

EID: 84877992933     PISSN: 09298665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/0929866511320060004     Document Type: Article

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