Circulating neuropeptide Y (NPY) and catecholamines in rat under resting and stress conditions. Arguments for extra-adrenal origin of NPY, adrenal and extra-adrenal sources of catecholamines

• Published in: Neuroscience letters Vol. 250; no. 1; pp. 45 - 48
• Main Authors: Bernet, François, Dedieu, Jean François, Laborie, Christine, Montel, Valérie, Dupouy, Jean Paul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 26.06.1998; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adrenal Glands - metabolism; Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Catecholamines; Catecholamines - blood; Catecholamines - physiology; Ether stress; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects. Hormone interactions. Hormone actions on several organ systems. Adaptive reactions; Male; Neuropeptide Y; Neuropeptide Y - blood; Neuropeptide Y - physiology; Oxidative Stress - physiology; Plasma; Rat; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Rest - physiology; Restraint; Vertebrates: endocrinology; Neuropeptide Y; Plasma; Catecholamines; Restraint; Rat; Ether stress; Vertebrata; Restraint stress; Mammalia; Ether; Adrenal glands; Rodentia; Catecholamine; Stress; Blood plasma

Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is found in cell bodies of neurons in the brain and co-localized with noradrenaline (NA) in sympathetic nerves as well as with NA and adrenaline (A) in the adrenal chromaffin cells. The purpose of the present work is to determine whether NPY and catecholamines found in the plasm...