title: The peptidergic motoneurone.
abstract: Acetylcholine is the classic transmitter in the spinal cord motoneurone. Recent studies have shown that motoneurones also contain calcitonin-gene related peptide (CGRP) and other peptides. In addition to transmitter-like effects, CGRP may also exert trophic actions, as suggested by changes in CGRP expression in motoneurones during development and following experimental perturbations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Arvidsson
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Piehl
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ulfhake
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cullheim
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hökfelt
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D009479:Neuropeptides; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide