"Tachykinins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A family of biologically active peptides sharing a common conserved C-terminal sequence, -Phe-X-Gly-Leu-Met-NH2, where X is either an aromatic or a branched aliphatic amino acid. Members of this family have been found in mammals, amphibians, and mollusks. Tachykinins have diverse pharmacological actions in the central nervous system and the cardiovascular, genitourinary, respiratory, and gastrointestinal systems, as well as in glandular tissues. This diversity of activity is due to the existence of three or more subtypes of tachykinin receptors.
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D015320
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D12.644.276.812.900 D12.644.400.800 D12.644.456.800 D12.776.467.812.900 D12.776.631.650.800 D23.469.050.375.850 D23.529.812.900
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1995 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tachykinins" by people in Profiles.
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Functional identification of cancer-specific methylation of CDO1, HOXA9, and TAC1 for the diagnosis of lung cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2014 Apr 01; 20(7):1856-64.
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Expression of mRNAs for PPT, CGRP, NF-200, and MAP-2 in cocultures of dissociated DRG neurons and skeletal muscle cells in administration of NGF or NT-3. Folia Histochem Cytobiol. 2012 Jul 05; 50(2):312-8.
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Expression of D1 receptor, D2 receptor, substance P and enkephalin messenger RNAs in the neurons projecting from the nucleus accumbens. Neuroscience. 1998 Feb; 82(3):767-80.
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Substance P in the ventral pallidum: projection from the ventral striatum, and electrophysiological and behavioral consequences of pallidal substance P. Neuroscience. 1995 Nov; 69(1):59-70.
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Cocaine alters glutamic acid decarboxylase differentially in the nucleus accumbens core and shell. Brain Res Mol Brain Res. 1995 Apr; 29(2):381-6.
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The relationship between MRNA levels and the locomotor response to novelty. Brain Res. 1994 Nov 14; 663(2):312-6.
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Lithium increases rat striatal beta- and gamma-preprotachykinin messenger RNAs. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 1989 Mar; 248(3):1297-301.
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Dopaminergic regulation of tachykinin metabolism in the striatonigral pathway. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 1987 Nov; 243(2):792-8.