Galanin

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hökfelt, Tomas (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel : Springer Basel : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Experientia Supplementum, 102
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Neurobiology.; Life Sciences.

Galanin is a neuropeptide found both in the central and peripheral nervous system. The 29-amino acid peptide (named after its N-terminal glycine and C-terminal alanine) was identified in 1983 by its C-terminal amidation. This 'reverse' approach, that is to discover a substance through a di...