"Neurotensin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A biologically active tridecapeptide isolated from the hypothalamus. It has been shown to induce hypotension in the rat, to stimulate contraction of guinea pig ileum and rat uterus, and to cause relaxation of rat duodenum. There is also evidence that it acts as both a peripheral and a central nervous system neurotransmitter.
| Descriptor ID |
D009496
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.400.550 D12.776.631.650.550
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| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Neurotensin" by people in Profiles.
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Louboutin JP, Reyes BA, Agrawal L, Van Bockstaele EJ, Strayer DS. HIV-1 gp120-induced neuroinflammation: relationship to neuron loss and protection by rSV40-delivered antioxidant enzymes. Exp Neurol. 2010 Jan; 221(1):231-45.
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Beauchamp RD, MacLellan DG, Upp JR, Nealon WH, Townsend CM, Thompson JC. The role of endogenous prostaglandins in hormone-stimulated pancreatic exocrine secretion. Gastroenterology. 1992 Jan; 102(1):272-9.
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Beauchamp RD, Gomez G, Nealon WH, Townsend CM, Greeley GH, Thompson JC. Proglumide inhibits cholecystokinin and meal-stimulated pancreatic secretion and release of pancreatic polypeptide. Surgery. 1990 Sep; 108(3):553-8.
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Nealon WH, Beauchamp RD, Townsend CM, Boyd G, Shabot M, Thompson JC. Diagnostic role of gastrointestinal hormones in patients with chronic pancreatitis. Ann Surg. 1986 Oct; 204(4):430-7.
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Higgins GA, Hoffman GE, Wray S, Schwaber JS. Distribution of neurotensin-immunoreactivity within baroreceptive portions of the nucleus of the tractus solitarius and the dorsal vagal nucleus of the rat. J Comp Neurol. 1984 Jun 20; 226(2):155-64.