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Science 2 December 1983:
Vol. 222. no. 4627, pp. 975 - 985
DOI: 10.1126/science.6139875
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Science, Vol 222, Issue 4627, 975-985
Copyright © 1983 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Brain peptides: what, where, and why?

DT Krieger

Within the past decade, a large number of peptides have been described within the vertebrate central nervous system. Some of these peptides were previously known to be present in nonneural vertebrate tissues, as well as in lower species, in which they may serve as primitive elements of intercellular communication prior to the development of neuronal or endocrine systems. In vertebrates, these peptides are thought to have neurotransmitter or neuromodulatory roles and appear to be involved in the regulation of a number of homeostatic systems, although the mechanisms of their actions are still unclear.


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