Somatostatin in the Central Nervous System / Table 2

TABLE 2. SS: paradigmatic neuropeptide in neuropsychiatric illness

		Neurological			Neurodegenerative
	Functional			Kainic	Alzheimer’s
SS	Depression	MS	Kindling	acid	disease
Cell death				+ +a	+ +
Plaques and tangles					+ +
Long-term decreases				+ +
Long-term increases			+ +
Transient decreases	+ +	+ +

a Sustained epileptic seizure model (52)

Back to Chapter

published 2000