Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology

This study examines how stress and age affect social behavior and response to a kappa opioid receptor agonist in rats, showing age-specific changes in behavior and sensitivity.

The paper develops a system to measure opioid peptide release in vivo using optogenetics, microdialysis, and mass spectrometry in freely moving rodents.

The paper shows neurotensin and dynorphin oppositely modulate CeA inhibition of oval BNST neurons in male mice through distinct receptors.

This study shows that dynorphin in the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus counteracts orexin's effect on cocaine-seeking behavior by reducing glutamate release.

The paper identifies novel neuropeptide precursors in brittle stars and analyzes their evolutionary changes over 270 million years.

This study shows that extended oxycodone self-administration in rats leads to escalated drug use and dysregulation of KOR-mediated GABAergic signaling in the CeA, with distinct neuroadaptive effects compared to other drugs.

The paper identifies an ancient FMRFamide-related neuropeptide and its receptor that induce coordinated defensive behaviors in brachiopod larvae.

The paper identifies differentially expressed genes in purified sympathetic neurons from a neuropeptide Y reporter mouse using gene chip methodology and quantitative PCR.