title: Are neuropeptides brain hormones?
abstract: Neurones use many different chemical signals to communicate information, including more than 100 different peptides. Many of these neuropeptides evoke specific and coherent behaviours and have been linked to a number of neurological disorders. Increasingly, we are recognising that peptide signals play a role in information processing that is quite unlike that of conventional neurotransmitters.
authors: Centre for Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh, UK.
authors: Mike
authors: M
authors: Ludwig
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001519:Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D006728:Hormones / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000378:metabolism; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D006728:Hormones; D009479:Neuropeptides; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled