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Galanin in primary sensory neurons: Response to lesions

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Abstract

Since galanin was discovered (Tatemoto et al., 1983) and was found to be widely distributed throughout the central nervous system (Skofitsch and Jacobowitz, 1985a; Melander et al., 1986a) and to coexist with other classical transmitters and peptides in different combinations (Melander et al., 1986b), the idea has been put forward that this peptide could act as a neural modulator (see Melander, 1986; Rokaeus, 1987). In fact, many studies have now demonstrated a variety of effects of galanin on neurons, smooth muscle and endocrine cells (see Rokaeus, 1987 and this Volume).

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Histology and Neurobiology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

    Tomas Hökfelt

  2. Department of Biochemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, University of Stockholm, Sweden

    Tamas Bartfai

  3. Laboratory of Clinical Science, NIMH, Bethesda, USA

    David Jacobowitz

  4. Wenner-Gren Center Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden

    David Ottoson

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Villar, M.J., Wiesenfeld-Hallin, Z., Xu, X.J., Cortés, R., Theodorsson, E., Hökfelt, T. (1991). Galanin in primary sensory neurons: Response to lesions. In: Hökfelt, T., Bartfai, T., Jacobowitz, D., Ottoson, D. (eds) Galanin. Wenner-Gren Center International Symposium Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12664-4_21

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