NPY Family of Peptides in Neurobiology, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders: from Genes to Therapeutics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Zukowska, Zofia (Editor), Feuerstein, Giora Z. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel, 2006.
• Series: Experientia Supplementum ; 95
• Subjects: Medicine.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.

The NPY-family of peptides encompasses several groups of neurotransmitters and hormones, which exert diverse biological and pathological actions that bear on all major vital systems. This book is a unique compilation of the most recent breakthroughs in NPY/PYY neurobiology, cardiovascular and metabo...