Table 4:  The Two Neuropeptide Receptor Families

 

Rhodopsin-like receptor family

adrenocorticotropic hormone

angiotensin

b-endorphin

cholecystokinin

enkephalins

dynorphin

galanin

gastrin-releasing polypeptide (bombesin)

melanocyte-stimulating hormone

neurokinin A

neurokinin B

neuromedin B

neuropeptide Y

neurotensin

oxytocin

pancreatic polypeptide

peptide YY

somatostatin

thyrotropin-releasing hormone

vasopressin

 

Glucagon/VIP/calcitonin receptor family

corticotropin-releasing hormone

gastric inhibitory polypeptide

growth-hormone releasing hormone

pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide

vasoactive intestinal polypeptide

 

*Modified from Schwartz et al. (148).

 

 

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