Editors:
- Comprehensive state-of-the art review
- Discusses the frontiers of NPY research and drug development
- Points out new opportunities for medical intervention
Part of the book series: Experientia Supplementum (EXS, volume 95)
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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NPY family of peptides, receptors and processing enzymes
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Physiological and pathophysiological perspectives of the NPY family of peptides
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About this book
The NPY-family of peptides encompasses several groups of neurotransmitters and hormones, which exert diverse biological and pathological actions that bear on all major vital systems. The recognition of the role of NPY in stimulation of food intake has already resulted in discovery of potent and selective NPY receptor Y-5 antagonists which are in clinical development for obesity while NPY Y1 receptors are targeted for cardiovascular indications. Research into the multiple functions of NPY and its receptors in neurological and affective disorders are also actively pursued.
This book is a unique compilation of the most recent breakthroughs in NPY/PYY neurobiology, cardiovascular and metabolic disorders, written by internationally renowned experts with the objective to synthesize leading concepts and data in support for translational medicine.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
Zofia Zukowska
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Wyeth Research, Collegeville, USA
Giora Z. Feuerstein
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: NPY Family of Peptides in Neurobiology, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders: from Genes to Therapeutics
Editors: Zofia Zukowska, Giora Z. Feuerstein
Series Title: Experientia Supplementum
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7643-7417-9
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Birkhäuser Basel 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-7155-5Published: 17 November 2005
eBook ISBN: 978-3-7643-7417-4Published: 28 March 2006
Series ISSN: 1664-431X
Series E-ISSN: 2504-3692
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 280
Topics: Biomedicine general