The peptidergic motoneurone.
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.
Arvidsson
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Department of Anatomy, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
Piehl
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Johnson
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H
Ulfhake
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Cullheim
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Hökfelt
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T
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*
D009479:Neuropeptides; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide