title: Anticonvulsant action of neuropeptide Y. Neuropeptide Y may act as an endogenous anticonvulsant through Y5 receptors suggesting a new target for antiepileptic drugs.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sperk
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Herzog
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D015195:Drug Design; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D009478:Neuropeptide Y / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000188:drug therapy; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / Q000096:biosynthesis; D017476:Receptors, Neuropeptide Y / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D009478:Neuropeptide Y; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D017476:Receptors, Neuropeptide Y; C100568:neuropeptide Y5 receptor